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The wording and instructions in exercise 2.4 might be misleading to a person who is not used to how linux and compilation works.
The exercise is about compiling a .scala file and looking for the files created by the compiler.
The command for looking for this files in the compendium is:
ls .scala-build/project*/classes/main
This command doesnt always work when there are multiple project* folders (the problem has been seen on at least 2 mac os computers)
I think the problem stems from students not realizing what the command is doing and what the '*' means. Is it better to change the text to something like:
"look at the files that are in the folder starting with project in the folder .scala-build ...."
instead of giving them a "magical" command that they dont understand?
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We should then state that you should look for files with names ending with .class in some subfolder with a name starting with project...
(I think the command works but it lists multiple dirs, but the confusion might still be there)
Would you like to make a PR yourself or do you want me to do this?
The wording and instructions in exercise 2.4 might be misleading to a person who is not used to how linux and compilation works.
The exercise is about compiling a .scala file and looking for the files created by the compiler.
The command for looking for this files in the compendium is:
ls .scala-build/project*/classes/main
This command doesnt always work when there are multiple project* folders (the problem has been seen on at least 2 mac os computers)
I think the problem stems from students not realizing what the command is doing and what the '*' means. Is it better to change the text to something like:
"look at the files that are in the folder starting with project in the folder .scala-build ...."
instead of giving them a "magical" command that they dont understand?
The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: