[Zope3-dev] Running doctests from the command line

[Fred Drake]

On Wednesday 10 March 2004 01:54 pm, Phillip J. Eby wrote:
 > Hey, I like to make ZConfig files executable.  How dirty is that?  :)

While not fitting with my basic idea of how ZConfig was intended to be used, 
it's not entirely evil, as ZConfig is inherantly good.  There is some basic 
structure, so a ZConfig configuration can be construed as a set of 
instructions.  Therefore, the executable bit is a minor smudge on an 
otherwise perfect configuration file.  ;-)

Part of it is that running what's essentially a data file fits my (perhaps 
archaic) notion of how to interact with a computer.


  -Fred

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Fred L. Drake, Jr.  <fred at zope.com>
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