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

[Brett Cannon]

On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 3:05 AM, Larry Hastings <larry at hastings.org> wrote:

>
> On 01/19/2014 08:29 AM, Ethan Furman wrote:
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> On 01/19/2014 03:32 AM, Georg Brandl wrote:
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> 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"
>
> foo.c -> foo.c.clinic.h
> foo.h -> foo.h.clinic.h
>
>
+0


>  Contestant 2: "Add .ac.h"
>
> foo.c -> foo.c.ac.h
> foo.h -> foo.h.ac.h
>
>
-1


>  Contestant 3: "Add .clinic"
>
> foo.c -> foo.c.clinic
> foo.h -> foo.h.clinic
>
>
+0


>  Contestant 4: "Put in clinic directory, add .h"
>
> foo.c -> clinic/foo.c.h
> foo.h -> clinic/foo.h.h
>
>
+0


>  Contestant 5: "Put in __clinic__ directory, add .h"
>
> foo.c -> __clinic__/foo.c.h
> foo.h -> __clinic__/foo.h.h
>
>
+1


>
> I didn't add a contestant for what Stefan Krah originally suggested
> ("foo.c -> foo.h") because it's not clear how this would handle "foo.h".
>
>
> You'll notice the current behavior is no longer in the running,
>

And +1 to making a side file the default for ease of use.
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