Re: [HTCondor-users] thoughts on HTCondor python bindings submit improvements

[Todd Tannenbaum <tannenba@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

And I third this motion (been advocating for this from the 
beginning...).  I think we are now in a position code-wise to make it 
happen.  Thanks everyone for all the helpful input.

regards,
Todd


On 5/1/2018 9:15 AM, Michael Pelletier wrote:
> I'd second this motion. It would make adopting the Python bindings much easier to approach for new users, and serve as a good learning tool when you're able to see the submit() piece input which is generated by a submit file parser.
>
> 	-Michael Pelletier.
>
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> On 2018-04-27 08:56, Brian Bockelman wrote:
>
> > I think there's a strong argument to have python able to cleanly submit from an unaltered submit file.
> >
> > I don't see a strong argument to expose the complexity of the "queue" statement given the user controls the loop anyway.
>
> I think you might be missing the point: make the submit file parser a separate piece. Use the output of that piece as input for submit() piece. Expose both pieces in your API.
>
> Then you can add a submit_string( str ) and submit_file( name ) etc.
> 2-liner convenience wrappers on top.
>
> It's the design that's known to work.
>
> Dimitri
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