On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 12:44:33PM +0100, Georg Brandl wrote: > At least to me, this does not explain why an "unwanted" (why unwanted? If > it's unwanted, set PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1) directory is worse than an > "unwanted" file.
A directory "feels" different than. For example, typing "ls" in my shell regular print files in black, but directories in bold and blue. File managers and IDE also highlight directories differently. In tree views, directories have expander buttons that also make them stand out. As a concrete example, have a look at these two screenshots: http://tinyurl.com/yz2fr6c and http://tinyurl.com/yg38uqt In the first one, the subpackages stand out, while in the second one they are hard to make out among the *.pyr directories. A directory just adds more clutter than a file. But overall I like the idea of using just a single __pycache__ or __pyr__ directory per path. This would also reduce the *.pyc clutter. - Sebastian _______________________________________________ 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
