[GRASS-dev] ctypes naming convention - grass.py

[Martin Landa]

Hi,

2011/3/8 Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>:
>> is there any special reason why libgis is named in ctypes interface as
>> grass.py [1].
>
> Compatibility with the old SWIG wrappers:
>
> http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/browser/grass/trunk/swig/python/Makefile?rev=42931
>
> Originally, the SWIG wrappers consisted of a single module named
> python_grass7. When it was split into multiple modules, the libgis
> wrapper was named "grass", although I don't think that there was any
> particular reason behind that.

Thanks for explanation.

> http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/changeset/35275/grass/trunk/swig/python/Makefile
>
>> I would vote for gis.py to keep consistency in names.
>
> If we're going to do it, it should be done sooner rather than later.

I would vote for that.

Martin

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