At Sun, 20 Nov 2016 17:31:35 -0800 (PST), Matthew Butterick wrote: > In `pollen` I create what are essentially compile caches and store them in > subdirectories called `pollen-cache`. When it's time to invalidate caches > for the project, I delete all the `pollen-cache` subdirectories and all the > Racket-created `compiled` subdirectories. > > But it has occurred to me that I wouldn't lose anything by moving every > `pollen-cache` subdirectory into the nearby `compiled` directory. > > *What is the thinking (if any) on sharing the `compiled` subdirectories?* > > One point of view is that these folders should be private to the Racket > language, forever. > > Another view is that if one is making a Racket-implemented DSL that keeps a > compile cache, it should live in the same `compiled` subdir (on the idea > that users are already, say, setting up `.gitignore` to ignore those > subdirs.) This would be consistent with the general orientation toward > letting Racket-implemented DSLs reuse the Racket language ecosystem. Having > multiple conventions for where to store compile caches is unnecessary.
This sounds right to me. I have various one-off tools that write files into "compiled" --- mostly for the ".gitignore" reason. > A third view is that the `compiled` subdir should be open to all who want > to use it, but that there should be a convention of each package making a > subdirectory therein, so that the `racket` caches don't mess with `pollen` > caches and vice versa and so on (which would be more of a social convention > than technical convention) This sounds like a good direction. Maybe a convention could be based on file extensions and/or subdirectories, since tools like `raco make` and `raco setup` will write only ".zo" and ".dep" files. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-dev/58324ff3.1259620a.5f117.1cceSMTPIN_ADDED_MISSING%40gmr-mx.google.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
