Re: Packages

Daniel Bonniot wrote:

>
>>> So the suggestion is for the nice compiler to define the package 
>>> from the directory hierarchy
>>
>>
>>
>> This might be done. But it is a good safety constrain. I had 
>> situations when i targeted Nice compiler to the wrong directory. 
>> Should nicec silently compile 'src.ru.glim' instead of 'ru.glim'? 
>> Package definition might also help the compiler to find sources when 
>> it have multiple source locations to look at. At least package 
>> definition should be left as an optional constrain.
>
>
> This is actually the current situation (package declaration can be 
> omitted). But nicec wouldn't compile src.ru.glim, because it is only 
> looking for certain package names (on the command line, or explicitely 
> imported).
>
>
> I've been thinking it could be useful to have one file per package, 
> specifying package name, Nice package imports (and possibly exports), 
> and package version (plus possibly more). This would also integrate 
> with the package repository.


You could also add other meta data about the package (like a 
Manifest.mf). It could be a pkg.xml file :
<package name="pkg1.pkg2" version="1.0"> <!-- name, version attributes 
could be filled/overwritten automaticaly by the compiler -->
  <author name="..." email="..."/>
  <author name="..." email="..."/>
  <!-- export must be filled automaticaly with meta data in *.nice file -->
  <export>
    <type name="..."/>
    <type name="..."/>
  </export>
  <!-- export must be filled automaticaly with data in *.nice file and 
pkg.xml file from imported package-->
  <import>
    <package name="..." version="..."/>
    <package name="..." version="..."/>
  </import>
</package>
 

> By the way, if people have (even small) libraries that could be 
> shared, I would like to hear from them to test and lauch the package 
> repository.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Daniel
>
>
>
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