How about merging these primitive geometry APIs into math-lib?
On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 8:53 PM, Jay McCarthy <jay.mccar...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think that it is quite common for a big library (especially > something really big like pict3d) to create a lot of residual useful > code that could conceivably be their own libraries. I suggest either > [2] or [3] or even a new package for some sort of more primitive > notion of geometry. > > Jay > > On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 7:48 AM, Tim Brown <tim.br...@cityc.co.uk> wrote: > > Folks, > > > > I want to access files from a “private” directory of a package -- in this > > case pict3d -- but I was wondering what the best way to do this is. > > > > First a bit of context: > > > > I am using the pict3d library for a project which allows me to render > and > > experiment on various 3D models. > > > > As an aside to that project, I have a small utility that only uses > > pict3d’s ‘pos’ and ‘dir’ types (and their algebra libraries) > > > > I am happy for my “lab” to be massive (I need/want to fly through the > models); > > but the utility will be used as part of a build process inside a > low-memory > > docker instance† -- and needs to be quick. > > > > I can `(require pict3d/private/gui/user-types)`; which avoids me > needing to > > link in all the rest of GUI. And that is necessary and sufficient for > my needs. > > > > My issue is with the “private” portion of that module path. It suggests > > that its content and structure is at the convenience of the package’s > > owner. From a “public” point of view, external to the package, I wouldn’t > > expect ‘pos’ and ‘dir’ to disappear. And they are also well documented so > > they form part of the API. But there is nothing to stop, for example, > this > > file from being refactored -- with the change being reconciled within the > > overall package. > > > > So, I see I have a few options: > > > > [1] (require pict3d/private/gui/user-types) > > and moan at the package owner if he breaks this for me > > > > [2] Suggest and submit a change which moves > > .../pict3d/private/gui/user-types to .../pict3d/gui/user-types -- > > and clean up the fallout from this, including triggering complaints > > a la [1] > > > > [3] Suggest and submit a change which re-exports > > .../pict3d/private/gui/user-types from a new > .../pict3d/gui/user-types > > (in fact, I’m not sure there’s anything necessarily “gui” about > this > > part of the code) which to me looks to be the most correct option, > but: > > a. is this necessary > > b. does this put me / the package onto a slippery slope of making > > everything public > > > > Has anyone had any similar experience of using private package files that > > they could share? Or any other thoughts on the matter. > > > > Tim > > > > † It took something like 30 minutes to `raco pkg install pict3d` on this > > thing, so `raco make _utility_` is probably a non-starter. > > > > -- > > Tim Brown CEng MBCS <tim.br...@cityc.co.uk> > > ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ > > City Computing Limited · www.cityc.co.uk > > City House · Sutton Park Rd · Sutton · Surrey · SM1 2AE · GB > > T:+44 20 8770 2110 · F:+44 20 8770 2130 > > ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── > > City Computing Limited registered in London No:1767817. > > Registered Office: City House, Sutton Park Road, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 2AE > > VAT No: GB 918 4680 96 > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Racket Users" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > Jay McCarthy > Associate Professor > PLT @ CS @ UMass Lowell > http://jeapostrophe.github.io > > "Wherefore, be not weary in well-doing, > for ye are laying the foundation of a great work. > And out of small things proceedeth that which is great." > - D&C 64:33 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Racket Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
