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Avoid declaring an `output/` directory as mandatory #1168

Closed mih closed 9 months ago

mih commented 9 months ago

It is only important that outputs are not placed into the inputs/ directory.

Using an output/ directory is OK, though. However, it can become awkward, if such a data module is used as input to another. File paths, seen from the YODA root would then be: inputs/outputs/something.dat

This is a non-invasive change that accounts enough for this aspect, IMHO.