I can accept a rename but there is no way to avoid having 2 names not 1 new name for the feature.
We go halfway now. The next version can go any other way. On Feb 25, 2013 12:23 PM, "Vinay Sajip" <vinay_sa...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan <at> gmail.com> writes: > > > The other area where I think such an "embedded JSON" approach could > > work is coming up with a clean format for an Entry-Points field. > > Specifically, I am thinking of proposing the setuptools.setup > > inspired: > > > > Entry-Points: { > > "console_scripts": { > > "foo": "my_package.some_module:main_func", > > "bar": "other_module:some_func" > > }, > > "gui_scripts": { > > "baz": "my_package_gui.start_func" > > } > > } > > > > What is the reason for this half-way-house, rather than going straight to > JSON? > I suppose one could argue backward compatibility, but since we are moving > quite > a distance from a plain old key-value here, we may as well embrace JSON > properly. > Perhaps we should embrace the dict rather than any specific file format, > as I > did with dictConfig in logging. > > Note that distlib already supports entry points, though these are called > "exports" because they may or may not be callable code. (The name "exports" > was suggested by PJE and, IMO, is better/more general than "entry points"). > > For example, for Babel-0.9.6: > > "exports": { > "babel.extractors": [ > "ignore = babel.messages.extract:extract_nothing", > "python = babel.messages.extract:extract_python", > "javascript = babel.messages.extract:extract_javascript" > ], > "distutils.commands": [ > "compile_catalog = babel.messages.frontend:compile_catalog", > "extract_messages = babel.messages.frontend:extract_messages", > "init_catalog = babel.messages.frontend:init_catalog", > "update_catalog = babel.messages.frontend:update_catalog" > ], > "babel.checkers": [ > "num_plurals = babel.messages.checkers:num_plurals", > "python_format = babel.messages.checkers:python_format" > ], > "distutils.setup_keywords": [ > "message_extractors = > babel.messages.frontend:check_message_extractors" > ], > "scripts": { > "console": [ > "pybabel = babel.messages.frontend:main" > ] > } > } > > This is currently used, for example, in distlib's script generation logic > (for > example, to generate the pybabel script for Babel). > > Regards, > > Vinay Sajip > > _______________________________________________ > Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig >
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