On Mar 24, 9:12 am, simon.wo...@gmail.com wrote: > Many thanks to all for explanations. I'm going to take everyone's > advice and ignore the naming scheme (especially as, on rereading, the > naming scheme is apparently only mandatory if you're using C or Maple, > for some reason). > > Thanks again. > > Simon > > (For those interested: > > > Do you mean that some authority other than yourself is seriously > > insisting that the names of source files *must* start with one or more > > digits? What is the rationale for such a scheme? > > The relevent section from the manual is > > > What to submit if you used C or Maple on the PWF > > The first few characters of each file name should give the project number, > > with the dot replaced by a minus sign or underscore ( _ ). For example, all > > the programs written for project 1.2 should have file names beginning with > > 1-2 or 1_2; for instance 1-2prog.c or 1_2equip.c...
Gulp ... So in a sorted list of files, some of the project 1.2 files will appear under 1-2xxxx and others miles away under 1_2xxxx ? And even if the submitter is not so dopey, the submittee has two different possibilities when looking for project 1.2's files? Brilliant! And this is an educational institution ? Have they never heard of directories? Time to upgrade from MS-DOS 1.0 to MS-DOS 2.0! And what's wrong with a dot in a filename anyway? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
