[Swift-devel] .swiftx and .kml files

[Yadu Nand]

We could make the kml and swiftx files dot files, or we could move them to
the run directory instead of deleting them.


On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 11:11 PM, David Kelly <davidkelly at uchicago.edu>wrote:

> 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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