Daniel Holth <dholth <at> gmail.com> writes: > I would prefer to keep the filename the same as long as the format is > the same.
See my comments about read_registry and write_registry methods in Distribution (in response to Lennart's post). > In other words, it is a hassle and the feature is the same. An > entry_point is always an entry_point. It should no sooner be confused > with an English "point of entry" than keywords like "print" should be > confused with pressing books. What do *you* mean by entry point? My understanding is that it represents the start of some executable code. Wikipedia: "In computer programming, an entry point is a memory address, corresponding to a point in the code of a computer program which is intended as the destination of a long jump, be it internal or external." So, in the Python sphere, I would interpret an entry point to be a callable. While that might be the most common usage of the feature, it's not the only one. For example, you could use name = value entries where value is not a callable, but for example a name of a resource to use for something, or a configuration option, or the name of a package or a module (which is not an entry point by my understanding of entry points being callables). Regards, Vinay Sajip _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig