[jira] [Issue Comment Deleted] (GROOVY-9178) .groovy filename extension is needlessly long; suggest using .gvy instead.

["Brennon Miller (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Brennon Miller updated GROOVY-9178:
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> .groovy filename extension is needlessly long; suggest using .gvy instead.
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>                 Key: GROOVY-9178
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GROOVY-9178
>             Project: Groovy
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Compiler
>    Affects Versions: 3.0.0-beta-1, 2.5.7, 2.4.17
>            Reporter: Brennon Miller
>            Priority: Minor
>              Labels: documentation, features, newbie
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> The {{.gvy}} filename extension not only matches the conventional three-letter extension format, but it is [already accepted|https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=groovy.git;a=blob;f=src/main/groovy/groovy/ui/GroovyMain.java;h=d227357c60895bc1bd1fb79dbfa6727972529326;hb=refs/heads/master#l437] by the {{groovy}} interpreter as a default filename extension to search for (in case of running scripts). However, it is _not_ auto-detected by the compiler when seeking class files to include (for example, if "Game.gvy" and "Player.gvy" are in the same folder, and "Game.gvy" has a {{Player}} attribute, {{groovyc}} will not compile {{Game.gvy}} into a classfile due to a unrecognized "Player" class).
> I am currently working to have the .gvy filename extention [officially recognized by the xdg shared-mime-info|https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/shared-mime-info/merge_requests/24] for Linux and similar desktops, and it may be wise to extend ^(pun unintended)^ the use of the shorter file extension in future releases.



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