[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #2136: Create standard options for map or file base name (prefix)

[GRASS GIS]

#2136: Create standard options for map or file base name (prefix)
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 Reporter:  wenzeslaus                   |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  defect                       |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  blocker                      |   Milestone:  7.0.0                    
Component:  Parser                       |     Version:  svn-releasebranch64      
 Keywords:  base name, prefix, basename  |    Platform:  All                      
      Cpu:  All                          |  
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Comment(by wenzeslaus):

 What is the status of separator? I still don't agree that double
 underscore is a good idea and I would even think that no special separator
 is a better option. In case of no special separator, if you still would
 like to work with basename + suffix, I think that it is acceptable to
 specify the basename (then the name can be parsed). It seems to me that
 the case of parsing the mapname to work with suffixes will not be really
 common (at least for maps created inside GRASS since the metadata should
 tell you more).

 Note that for modules which do not register maps to space-time dataset the
 separator and suffix behavior are part of the API (so the decision is
 blocker for 7.0). So, all interested, please, state you opinion.

 Note also that the modules which produce space-time dataset could have
 `basename` parameter as optional. The reasonable and expected default is
 usage of dataset name as basename. I think that this different case than
 `r.shaded.relief` creating by default map named `inputname.shade`. Do you
 agree? But this is not a blocker.

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