On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Hanno Schlichting <ha...@hannosch.eu> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Simon Cross
> <hodgestar+python...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I don't know whether I in favour of using a single pyr folder or not
>> but if a single folder is used I'd definitely prefer the folder to be
>> called __pyr__ rather than .pyr.
>
> Do you have any specific reason for that?

It rather not have the confusion caused by stray .pyc files multiplied
by having said stray files buried in a hidden folder.

> Using the leading dot notation is an established pattern to hide
> non-essential information from directory views. What makes this
> non-applicable in this situation and a custom Python notation better?

Something being an established pattern doesn't mean it's a good idea.
If we're go with an by-convention argument anyway surely Python
conventions should take precedence -- this is *Python* after all. :)

On the whole I'm against hiding folders because what information is
non-essential varies from situation to situation. People (including
me) regularly screw up dealing with .svn folders by including them in
source tarballs, copying parts of one working copy into another, etc.

Schiavo
Simon
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