Re: scripts/build/scan-mf-deps: script to generate MF dependencies (issue 553700043 by address@hidden)

[David Kastrup]

Carl Sorensen <address@hidden> writes:

> On 3/15/20, 8:39 AM, "lilypond-devel on behalf of Han-Wen Nienhuys"
> <lilypond-devel-bounces+c_sorensen=address@hidden on behalf of
> address@hidden> wrote:
>
>     On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 12:05 PM <address@hidden> wrote:
>     >
>     >
>     > What I'm not really happy with is replacing all of this with custom
>     > Python scripts, however small they are. Skimming over scan-mf-deps.py,
>     > that looks totally doable in around half the lines with a sh script.
>     > What's the motivation to use Python for all of this?
>     
>     What's the motivation to use sh for all this?
>     
>     You can certainly make it shorter with shell, but will it be
>     significantly simpler, easier to understand or easier to maintain?
>     
>     I decided for Python in this case, because recursion seems like
>     something I don't want to do in a sh script.
>
> Personally, I'm totally in favor of using python for creating ninja
> files.  We have a well-documented, well-maintained, powerful language.
> No different flavors (bash, sh, dash, csh, ksh...).

Regarding the "no different flavors" mantra, you might want to speak
with the people who were (and still are) involved with the Python2 to
Python3 porting effort.

-- 
David Kastrup