Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> writes: > Actually, this is the first post I've seen noting objective problems > with the use of a subdirectory. The others were just a subjective > difference in perspective that saw subdirectory clutter as somehow > being worse than file clutter.
Here's another one, then: The directory where the source code files reside is often a working area for the developer. The directory structure is an essential tool of organising the project; the presence of an unwanted directory is clutter to this purpose, in a way that the presence of an unwanted file is not. -- \ “Alternative explanations are always welcome in science, if | `\ they are better and explain more. Alternative explanations that | _o__) explain nothing are not welcome.” —Victor J. Stenger, 2001-11-05 | Ben Finney _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
