are the default source patterns extensible globall...
# generala
ambitious-actor-36781
12/02/2021, 9:14 PMare the default source patterns extensible globally?
I want to make
factories.pypython_test_utilpython_source Copy code
[default-sources]
python_sources += ['!factories.py']
python_test_utils += ['factories.py']w
witty-crayon-22786
12/02/2021, 9:16 PMcan do it with a macro? https://www.pantsbuild.org/docs/macros
witty-crayon-22786
12/02/2021, 9:17 PMthe downside is that rather than
python_test_utila
ambitious-actor-36781
12/02/2021, 9:20 PMyeah, considered that, and will probably go that way
but...
• I've already once gone and retrospectively macroed a load of things, and that was !fun.
• You can't access the defaults in a macro
• my macros are already a mess.
• I kinda don't like writing macros because they're unlintable, and the limitations on what you can/can't do in them is 😬
ambitious-actor-36781
12/02/2021, 9:21 PMmacros very quickly became "oh I'll just do that in a macro" to "oh why did I do that in a macro"
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witty-crayon-22786
12/02/2021, 9:32 PMyea, all very good points.
witty-crayon-22786
12/02/2021, 9:34 PMthis probably relates to https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/issues/13767 then. Although in many cases we do have capital-O Options for things like this, the ability to adjust defaults in a minimally boilerplatey but still obvious way is an open question
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