Re: Subdirectories under scm/?

[Johannes Rohrer]

* 2013-01-19 18:20 +0100 Ian Hulin:
> On 19/01/13 15:34, Johannes Rohrer wrote:
> > currently the scm/ subdirectory of LilyPond is flat, and all guile
> > modules defined there are immediate submodules of scm. Related
> > modules are not grouped into guile submodules, but marked with a
> > name prefix (e.g. the framework-* group).
> > 
> > Is this a conscious design decision?
> > 
> > More tho the point, would a proposed patch that introduces a
> > submodule group, hence a subdirectory of scm/ (and performs
> > Makefile changes as required) meet any objections on that ground?
>
> Currently scm/out is being used as part of the Guile V2 work to hold
> the byte-compiled scm modules.
> 
> There are also possible implications regarding the LilyPond
> initialization code since it needs to know that internal Guile/Scheme
> variables such as %load-path are set up correctly.
> 
> I like your idea in principle, but I would prefer it if it was
> deferred until after we have managed to complete the cut-over to using
> Guile V2.

Understood, I will resist the temptation for now. Thanks for the quick 
response.

 
> Bug-squad, it's probably worth raising a tracker entitled something
> like "LilyPond should support a module hierarchy in scm directory
> rather than a single flat directory".

CC to bug-lilypond; maybe the guile V2 issues (#1055?) should then be 
marked as blocking that new item.


Best regards

Johannes