Re: [Pdl-devel] .gitignore strangeness

[chm <dev...@gm...>]

What about output in the files at the top saying something
like "This file is generated from XXX.pd.  Please modify that instead.
Edits to this file will be overwritten."?

On 6/2/2024 6:18 AM, Jörg Sommrey wrote:
> What about this paragraph as part of the OVERVIEW / WARNING section in 
> PDL::PP:
>
>     Another problem arises from the number of generated files that may be
>     confusing especially when dealing with existing code. Bear in mind 
> that
>     the only sources are ".pd" and ".pod" files, while ".pm", ".xs" 
> and ".c"
>     files are generated from the ".pd" files and shall not be altered as
>     these changes would be overwritten.
>
> Best regards,
> -jo
>
>
> On Sat 01 Jun 2024 10:47:10 PM CEST, "Ed ." <ej...@ho...> wrote:
>
>> This should probably be added to PDL::PP docs, both where these files 
>> come from, and a recommendation to ignore the generated ones. Jörg, 
>> feel like extending your doc-updating? :-)
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Ed
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Jörg Sommrey <jo...@so...>
>> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2024 9:35:55 PM
>> To: pdl...@li... <pdl...@li...>
>> Subject: Re: [Pdl-devel] .gitignore strangeness
>>
>> Thanks Ingo and David,
>>
>> found the source thanks to your hints.  The .gitignore makes sense now!
>>
>> Best regards,
>> -jo
>>
>> On Fri 31 May 2024 10:24:41 PM CEST, Ingo Schmid via pdl-devel
>> <pdl...@li...> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Jörg,
>>>
>>> this is  because they are generated from basic.pd, ufunc.pd, etc. See
>>> PDL::PP! It is a neat feature to generate code for all data types in
>>> both C and Perl level. It is not intuitive for newer folk, though.
>>>
>>> Ingo
>>>
>>> On 5/31/2024 9:49 PM, Jörg Sommrey wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> just realized that principal pm files, e.g. Basic/Ufunc/Ufunc.pm are
>>>> listed in .gitignore.  What would be the suggested workflow to patch
>>>> such files?
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> -jo
>>>>
>>>>
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