[Python-Dev] .clinic.c vs .c.clinic

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Mon, 20 Jan 2014 00:05:16 -0800
Larry Hastings <larry at hastings.org> wrote:

> 
> On 01/19/2014 08:29 AM, Ethan Furman wrote:
> > On 01/19/2014 03:32 AM, Georg Brandl wrote:
> >> Am 19.01.2014 11:19, schrieb Larry Hastings:
> >>> Not kidding, my best idea so far is "foo.clinic.h.h",
> >>
> >> Why not always put clinic into its own directory?
> >>
> >> Modules/mathmodule.c -> Modules/clinic/mathmodule.c.h
> >> Modules/mathmodule.h -> Modules/clinic/mathmodule.h.h
> >>
> >> At least that is consistent, allows easy exclusion in tools, and gets 
> >> rid
> >> of the additional "clinic" in the filename.
> >
> > +1
> >
> > If AC will work with both .c and .h files. I think a separate 
> > directory is the way to go.
> 
> In theory, Argument Clinic works with any file for which it can iterate 
> over by lines and recognize comments.  It current supports C and Python 
> files and automatically recognizes a bunch of extensions.
> 
> --------------------
> 
> Okay, I'm taking a poll.  I will total your answers and take the 
> result... strongly under advisement. ;-)
> 
> The rules:
> * The poll will be over in 48 hours, maybe sooner if a winner emerges early.
> * Please express your vote from -1 to +1.  -0 and +0 will only be 
> differentiated during a tiebreaker.
> * If you don't vote for a contestant, your vote will be assumed to be 0.
> * You may change your vote at any time while the poll is still running.
> * If you wish to nominate a new contestant, you may.  Please give the 
> contestant a name, and express how it would transform the filenames 
> "foo.c" and "foo.h".  I would strongly prefer that all transformations 
> be expressable using str.format(transformation, filename="foo.c", 
> basename="foo", extension=".c") .
> 
> 
> The contestants so far:
> 
> Contestant 1: "Add .clinic.h"

+1

> Contestant 2: "Add .ac.h"

-0.5

> Contestant 3: "Add .clinic"

-1

> Contestant 4: "Put in clinic directory, add .h"

+1

> Contestant 5: "Put in __clinic__ directory, add .h"

-0.5

Regards

Antoine.