Il giorno sab, 30/01/2010 alle 16.14 +0100, Josselin Mouette ha scritto: > Le samedi 30 janvier 2010 à 15:32 +0100, Pietro Battiston a écrit : > > Then, in my apps, I put > > > > not_installed_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) > > Every time you use introspection features (like __file__) for something > else than introspection, you have completely failed somewhere in the > design process. > > __file__ is a plague. If it wasn’t here, people would have, long ago, > developed correct distribution systems for Python instead of using such > an unreliable way of determining the filesystem layout. >
In my ignorance, what I've exposed is the only way I know to get things working as I want, so I'll be happy to get in touch with better designs... for me, so far, __file__ may very well have been a hack, but certainly not a plague. Pietro -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-python-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
