[Shootout-list] advocating for feature request 301452

José Bollo jose.bollo@tele2.fr
Thu, 19 May 2005 15:22:21 +0200


Please consider that the implementation of the feature request 301452 is 
small, can be done quickly and is easylly reversable.

It will take you 10 minutes (or less) to do it and less to reverse it in case 
of problem.

Eiffel submissions need it.

Why is it needed?

Eiffel uses the rule "one file for one class". That rule has many good points 
even if your directories quickly raise dozen or hundred files. 

Currently there is no rule in the shootout that say: ONLY ONE FILE. But the 
shootout scripts assume that their is one and only one file.

The feature request 301452 and the script 'splitse' provide a solution that 
is: instead of copying the file from reference directory to the working 
directory, split the one file reference to many eiffel files in the working 
directory.

The feature request is here since a month. I know that it will be done in the 
futur but as it doesnt take many time, it would be fair to implement it.

regards
josé as advocate of some feature  8^O