[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm a newbie experimenting with Python. I want to incrementally develop > a module called 'circle'. The problem is now that the file name is used > for two purposes. To keep track of the version number and as the name > for the module. So when I develop the first version of my file I have > to call it circle_a.py. The name of the module then automatically > becomes circle_a. But when I develop the next increment and call my > file circle_b.py the module name changes as well. > > Basically I want to decouple the version of my file from the name of > the module. > > Is there a *simple* way out of this dilemma. >
I would recommend just naming the file circle.py, and defining something like a variable named __version__ or maybe __revision__ at the top of the module. Then you can, I don't know, back up your old versions to other filenames or something. Or, if you really want to do this right, you could install Subversion. :-) -Kirk McDonald -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
