OpenEuphoria

Re: Suggestion for pretty_print()

• Posted by Vincent <darkvincentdude at yahoo.com> Dec 04, 2005
• 563 views

Jason Gade wrote:
 
> Supported by Matthew Lewis' library in the archive
> http://www.rapideuphoria.com/32bits.zip

Yes I know, but it should be supported by translator without a library.

> Vincent, I think you have the wrong idea about ESL. It is not supposed to
> replace
> the Euphoria standard includes, but complement them. And I definitely disagree
> with removing libraries of useful routines from the archive!
> 
> ESL should extend the Euphoria standard includes by having a collection of
> often
> reimplemented routines. Stuff like a string library, a structure library, some
> math routines, and better file handling. We look both at current programs and
> features in other languages.
> 
> Someone else was writing an actual replacement for the Euphoria standard
> includes;
> I don't think it ended up going anywhere.
 
I dont have the wrong idea, if ESL eventually becomes bundled with the Euphoria
download packages, then it would have the RDS libs included with it, along with
new documentation and example programs. Until then though, I suppose we could
consider it an extention.

If ESL has improved versions of some libraries currently in the archive, it
would be pointless to keep the old ones there. Why would you want to have two
places to download the same library? That would waste webspace. We can just
download ESL from the archive, later also have it part of Euphoria. But there is
a good chance Rob will just leave them in the archive anyway, to keep you happy,
and for those who use old versions of Euphoria.

Existing "patchwork" libraries should be utilized in  ESL, not completely
re-done from scratch; that only wastes time and re-invents the wheel. Only
libraries that do not already exist need to be written. This happens to be the
case for many of the proposed modules in ESL, which is fine.


Regards,
Vincent