On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 8:45 AM, Stephen C. Gilardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> > On Nov 27, 2008, at 7:41 AM, Stefan Bodewig wrote: > > Looks pretty easy and it would probably take me longer to sign and > send the CA than to put together an antlib.xml file 8-) > > If anybody is interested, let me know. > > > I'm interested in making common developer tasks as easy as possible to > accomplish and as unsurprising as possible with Clojure. > > One thing that I think would be very useful is if the target directory for > compilation could be added to classpath by the compiler at compile time > rather than externally. Currently, not only does the target directory have > to be mentioned in classpath, it also has to exist at the time the JVM > running the compiler was launched. Lifting that restriction would be very > helpful. > I am not in favor of creating the directory nor fabricating the classpath. This is significant magic, and means that a typo will create a directory somewhere. The directory need not be fully specified if it's in the classpath, but where will this create a directory if not fully specified? Also, any magic classpath establishment won't be present at runtime, leading people to think that they were setup correctly when they weren't. The current error messages are sufficient. Remember, anything this feature does has to be explained, and the explanation is already quite involved. Simplicity is its own kind of power, and magic != simplicity. Rich --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
