[IPython-dev] Flat is better than nested

W. Trevor King wking at tremily.us
Mon May 20 13:15:07 EDT 2013


On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 12:00:04PM -0500, Carlos Córdoba wrote:
> @Trevor: I think you are missing the point: these changes are not meant 
> for regular users but for projects that are using IPython as a library. 
> The idea is to put in __all__ the main pieces of qtconsole (not only 
> RichIPythonWidget, but also QtKernelManager, QtKernelClient, etc) to 
> tell those projects what elements they need to rely on to build a 
> customized frontend.

It makes sense to pull important pieces into an easy to find location.
I just think it makes sense to deprecate the overly-nested original
location when you make the move.  After all [1]:

  There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it.

;).

Cheers,
Trevor

[1]: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0020/

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