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Re: How to handle egg with multiple modules
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felix . winkelmann |
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Re: How to handle egg with multiple modules |
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Wed, 26 May 2021 09:43:52 +0200 |
> >
> > (modules species (species ui))
> >
> > declares 2 modules, I"m not sure chicken-install can detect that the
> > extension
> > consists of 2 files, with one module for each.
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> Does this mean that extensions are not supposed to be composed of more
> than one module?
It is uncommon, or multiple modules are handled by including them in one master
file.
> It seems like I was kind of trying to use the extension mechanism as a
> build system...
It can be used as such (and is), but that is not what eggs are intended to
solve.
Extensions have to follow certain constraints, but it is unnecessary to impose
these constraints on building more complex applications.
felix