In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm a newbie experimenting with Python. I want to incrementally develop > a module called 'circle'. The problem is now that the file name is used > for two purposes. To keep track of the version number and as the name > for the module. So when I develop the first version of my file I have > to call it circle_a.py. The name of the module then automatically > becomes circle_a. But when I develop the next increment and call my > file circle_b.py the module name changes as well. > > Basically I want to decouple the version of my file from the name of > the module. > > Is there a *simple* way out of this dilemma.
Why do you have to change the name of the file each time you come out with a new version? I think that's where you're going wrong. Put something *inside* the file to indicated the version number, but keep the name of the file the same. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
