Extension name

[HashLDash]

Now that the language name changed to Photon, it's time to reconsider the extension name:

• keep .w
• .p
• .ph
• .pt

What do you think?

[robertoweller]

.pt hihi cool

[jsalexsandro]

.pt

[ntaraujo]

Some helpful info:

• .w was used twice:

  1. as the OpenEdge Architect Source Code File Architect is an Eclipse-based IDE, designed to enhance the productivity of OpenEdge developers building ABL applications.
  2. as the Google Toolbar Search History File Google Toolbar is an addon for Internet Explorer bringing the Chrome Toolbar to the browser.

• .p was used thrice:

  1. as the Python Pickle File Pickle is a Python module implementing protocols for serializing and de-serializing a Python object structure.
  2. as the Pascal Source Code File Pascal is an imperative and procedural programming language.
  3. as the LightWave Plug-in File LightWave is a software package used for rendering 3D images, both animated and static.

• .ph was used twice:

  1. as the Perl Header File Perl is a family of two high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming languages.
  2. as the AOL Phone Home Settings File AOL is an American web portal and online service provider based in New York City.

• .pt was used once:

  1. as the Panther Project File Panther is a Scratch modification, a visual programming toolkit used to create small interactive games.

From these, I would consider

a problem:

• .p - the Pickle use, as it is extensively used in Python
• .ph - the Perl use, as it is between the most used languages

not a considerable problem:

• .w - the Architect use, so especific
• .p - the Pascal use, still used, but no more common
• .p - the LightWave use, not directly related with programming

and old as hell:

• .w - the Google Toolbar use. See its official page
• .ph - the AOL use. See the comercial of AOL6
• .pt - the Panther use. See its official page

I just think pt has a little shade of red and ph remembers me chemistry :P

[HashLDash]

I think .p is the least problematic.

Pickle is mostly used as .pkl Pascal is mostly used as .pas LightWave? Not a concern.

However, there is a P programming language. Seems like all of the alphabet is taken... lol

[robertoweller]

And if use .pw? Or .hp, .po?

[ntaraujo]

I forgot to mention that .p is also used by MATLAB binary run-time files

But at all, i think .p is a good choice. It is more beautiful too kk

If in some specific conflict cases, the person could just rename his files with .ph or .photon as these other languages do

[HashLDash]

Here is a list of programming language extensions. list

search for .ext" and you will get all languages with the ext extension

.pho is not in this list, for example.

[robertoweller]

I created a program that can help you choose a name.

Criei um programa que pode ajudá-lo a escolher um nome.

Ele procura o formato do arquivo. It looks for the file format.

Just run this command. Basta executar este comando :

git clone https://github.com/robertoweller/acha_formato.git
cd acha_formato/
python3 main.py

or Looking for or downloading from my repository, I did it based on what @HashLDash Presents.

ou Procurando ou baixar do meu repositório, fiz baseado no que @HashLDash apresentou.

I hope it will be useful to someone. Espero que seja útil para alguém.

[robertoweller]

Testando aqui, .pn não tem.

Testing here, .pn doesn’t have

[robertoweller]

Here is a list of programming language extensions. list

search for .ext" and you will get all languages with the ext extension

.pho is not in this list, for example.

Nas linhas 101, 1299 e 1757 falta "extensions", pode da erro dependendo do jeito que usar, então coloquei um "extensions": [] vazio só para não dar erro, quiser usar está aqui, foi o @ntaraujo que me deu a idéia kk

[HashLDash]

Acho que .y é interessante.

É utilizado pelo yacc (Yet another compiler compiler). Mas é uma das possíveis extensões e é uma linguagem para compiladores e não é utilizada para linguagens de programação. Além disso é parecido com o símbolo gamma, que é o símbolo do fóton em física.

[ntaraujo]

dahora, mas talvez seja pouco intuitivo... como se o python usasse uma extensão .s de snake

[HashLDash]

Well, w it is. At least for now. Thanks for all contribution! I'll close this, but fell free to reopen if anyone has a good idea.