[Swift-devel] .swiftx and .kml files

[David Kelly]

I think the problem with keeping *.xml and *.swiftx is that it clutters up
your working directory with files that the majority of Swift users will
never (directly) use.

Is it possible to make the xml and swiftx files hidden? You'd get any
possible compilation benefits without them getting in the way.

Otherwise I'd say it makes sense to have a property to control this:

If script.debug.keep=false (default) and a run directory is created, move
them to the run directory at the end of the run so they are available for
debugging
If script.debug.keep=false and no run directory is created, remove them
If script.debug.keep=true, keep them untouched in the current working
directory


On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 10:25 PM, Mihael Hategan <hategan at mcs.anl.gov>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The .swiftx and .kml files get deleted by bin/swift after a run. They
> are maybe not very user friendly, but they are useful for debugging and
> swift skips re-compiling things if they are already there. Python does
> something similar.
>
> So I would vote against having them deleted.
>
> Mihael
>
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