Open wtgee opened 5 years ago
I'm concerned about this proposal because I don't want the production code to have branches such as "if should use simulator". I'm wondering if we can't have a third method: create_
I discussed the above with @ImmortalRabbit this morning, and noted that this would mean we'd have a repeated pattern for each type of hardware. This lead me to wonder about some common approach to this, such as an application of the Registry pattern. Thoughts?
The various
create_<hardware>_from_config
scripts are currently also capable of creating a "simulator" version of the hardware. To me that seems non-logical as creating from config should necessarily be creating real hardware.Describe the solution you'd like I would propose we remove all simulator creation from these convenience functions and handle simulator creation separately. This could look like a
create_from_config
(one name for each type of hardware, specified as a class method on the base class) andcreate_simulator
.Additional context I think this would help with testing, both for software testing as well as real hardware testing.
Related Issues/PRs
848 #636 #849 #478 #29 #842 #843 probably more.
Thoughts? @jamessynge @ImmortalRabbit @AnthonyHorton