Re: [Cython] Support for .pxi files

2016-03-13 Thread Robert Bradshaw
On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 1:58 AM, Jeroen Demeyer wrote: > On 2016-03-11 10:34, Robert Bradshaw wrote: >> >> On a more pragmatic note, includes add complexities to dependency >> tracking > > > Because you *intentionally* make things complicated. The refused pull > request 392 could actually make dep

Re: [Cython] Support for .pxi files

2016-03-11 Thread Jeroen Demeyer
On 2016-03-11 10:34, Robert Bradshaw wrote: On a more pragmatic note, includes add complexities to dependency tracking Because you *intentionally* make things complicated. The refused pull request 392 could actually make dependency checking simpler by treating .pxd and .pxi files more alike.

Re: [Cython] Support for .pxi files

2016-03-11 Thread Robert Bradshaw
On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 1:13 AM, Jeroen Demeyer wrote: > Dear Cython developers, > > I'm writing this in response to Robert's "I'd really rather deprecate .pxi > files completely". > > Can you please explain what you have against .pxi files? They're neither necessary nor pythonic. Even C++ is try

[Cython] Support for .pxi files

2016-03-11 Thread Jeroen Demeyer
Dear Cython developers, I'm writing this in response to Robert's "I'd really rather deprecate .pxi files completely". Can you please explain what you have against .pxi files? I know they have been abused and 95% of the historic use cases should be replaced by other means. However, that alone