Application directory heirachy

[Gunilla Arendt]

I think the directory structure 'src/e_src' really never has been used
within OTP. It's Design Principles which is out-of-date in this case.

Regards, Gunilla


Vance Shipley wrote:
> 
> The Design Principles document describes the directory
> structure of an application quite differently than what
> is found in the distribution:
> 
>    The application directory have the following
>     sub-directories:
> 
>         src
>         ebin
>         priv
>         include
> 
>     src
>         Contains the Erlang source code. If source code is
>         written in several different languages, a sub-directory
>         with the name e_src can be created below the src
>         directory to store the Erlang source code.
> 
> In the R9C-0 distribution we find a different practice.  The
> src directories for Erlang files are always "src" while other
> languages are at the same level with names like c_src and
> java_src:
> 
>    asn1/c_src
>    asn1/src
> 
>    ic/c_src
>    ic/java_src
>    ic/src
> 
>    orber/c_src
>    orber/java_src
>    orber/src
> 
> Did this change at some point?  I seem to remember e_src directories
> however maybe they were just mine created with the above guidlines.
> 
>         -Vance
> 
> [ This would be an OTP question as opposed to an Erlang one.  I have ]
> [ long advocated a seperate list for OTP questions which I believe   ]
> [ would help with the distinction.  This is apparently not a popular ]
> [ view however.                                                      ]

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