.itcl and Small Classes

.itcl and Small Classes

[Fernando Nasser]

I would like to organize our files (as the cleanup goes) into four
categories:

.tcl   - Pure Tcl (or Tcl/Tk) files.

.itcl  - Small [incr Tcl/Tk] Classes.

.ith  +  .itb   - Large [incr Tcl/Tk] Classes.


Notes:

1) IMO, having a separate header file for small classes is a hassle.

2) We currently have several itcl files with .tcl suffixes for
historical
   reasons.

Re: .itcl and Small Classes

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Fernando" == Fernando Nasser <fnasser@redhat.com> writes:

Fernando> .tcl   - Pure Tcl (or Tcl/Tk) files.
Fernando> .itcl  - Small [incr Tcl/Tk] Classes.

What is the advantage of distinguishing between these by name?

Tom

Re: .itcl and Small Classes

[Fernando Nasser]

Tom Tromey wrote:
> 
> >>>>> "Fernando" == Fernando Nasser <fnasser@redhat.com> writes:
> 
> Fernando> .tcl   - Pure Tcl (or Tcl/Tk) files.
> Fernando> .itcl  - Small [incr Tcl/Tk] Classes.
> 
> What is the advantage of distinguishing between these by name?
> 

I would like to make clear the code dependency on the language
extension,
and also because that is the standard for [incr Tcl] files.

The main advantage is that it makes easier for me to say:

$ ls *.tcl

or  

$ ls *.i*

(or "ls *.ith" etc.)

to get a subset of the files.