Is HardEventHypothesis class still useful?

[makortel]

While trying to address #29306 and #26618 I came across mkevhyp and

cmssw/DataFormats/PatCandidates/interface/HardEventHypothesis.h

Line 110 in e1b8483

class HardEventHypothesis {

class.

git grep HardEventHypothesis does not show any use in CMSSW beyond the class definition and the Skeletons template. The HardEventHypothesis.h looks like it has not gone through clang-format. Git history shows total of 4 commits, last one from 2013 for removing CVS keywords, and the other 3 from 2008.

Before putting effort into modernizing the template I would like to understand if this class is still useful. If not, I would really like to remove it, or at least the Skeletons template.

[cmsbuild]

A new Issue was created by @makortel Matti Kortelainen.

@Dr15Jones, @silviodonato, @dpiparo, @smuzaffar, @makortel can you please review it and eventually sign/assign? Thanks.

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[makortel]

assign reconstruction, analysis

[cmsbuild]

New categories assigned: analysis,reconstruction

@slava77,@santocch,@perrotta you have been requested to review this Pull request/Issue and eventually sign? Thanks

[perrotta]

At a first glance it could even safely get removed
Let however add @rappoccio in the discussion , who was the original author of it

[makortel]

Thanks @perrotta, I will then remove the mkevhyp and related skeleton, and leave the removal of DataFormats/PatCandidates/interface/HardEventHypothesis.h to a separate PR.

[santocch]

+1
OK to proceed as @makortel propose

[makortel]

I will then remove the mkevhyp and related skeleton,

Done as part of #29840.

[rappoccio]

Wow, this is 12+ years old, I entirely forgot about it. It has no purpose anymore and can be removed.

[makortel]

Thanks for the confirmation @rappoccio.

[perrotta]

Created PR #29903 to remove the HardEventHypothesis class from CMSSW

[perrotta]

+1

• Done with Fix and modernize Skeleton template scripts #29840. and Remove obsolete HardEventHypothesis class #29903, both merged

[cmsbuild]

This issue is fully signed and ready to be closed.

[makortel]

Thanks!