[Python-Dev] trace.py and the obscurity of Tools/scripts/ (was: Unittest list) (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Thu, 11 Apr 2002 13:44:19 -0400

GvR> Maybe more tools should follow the evolution of ndiff and GvR> migrate to the library (where ndiff lives on as difflib).

Probably so. I wonder if it makes sense to put them in a package (e.g. a `scripts' package)? -Barry

No, the point is that most of them ought to be converted into a usable library module, whose main is just a simple way to invoke it. Many existing library modules already have this: e.g. pdb, profile, mimify, base64, etc.

If you're going to keep them just as scripts, then they should remain in Tools.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)