"neoedmund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: > > neoedmund wrote: > > > in real life, a class is not defined so well that any method is > > > needed by sub-class. > > > > Then perhaps is it time to refactor. A class should be a highly > > cohesive unit. If you find yourself needing only a specific subset > > of a class, it may be time to extract this subset in it's own > > class. > > I donnot agree with your "it's time to refactory" very much, man has > probly never has time to do such things.
I respectfully suggest that the *reason* you find yourself with little time to refactor is probably related to the fact that you *need* to refactor. If your code is crufty and poorly-designed, it is costing you every time you need to maintain it. Would it help if we called it "preventative maintenance"? -- \ "I bought a dog the other day. I named him Stay. It's fun to | `\ call him. 'Come here, Stay! Come here, Stay!' He went insane. | _o__) Now he just ignores me and keeps typing." -- Steven Wright | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
