Bruno Desthuilliers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Sherm Pendley a écrit : >> Bruno Desthuilliers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> >>>Sherm Pendley a écrit : >>> >>>In my book, it's huge classes and methods that are usually a smell of >>>a design problem. >> >> >> Obviously we're reading different books. > > Obviously. But I didn't gain this knowledge from books.
Obviously, you have no sense of humor. > FWIW, I'd be interested if you'd let us know about any book pretending > that monster classes are good design !-) You've already decided that "monster classes" are bad design, and that anything conflicting with your belief is mere pretense. Why should I waste my time debating when you've already made up your mind? >> But that's OK - I'm not on a crusade to convince everyone to work my way. >> If "one class per file" doesn't work well for you, don't write that way. >> All I'm saying is, what works well for you isn't necessarily what works >> well for everyone. > > It seems that it works well for almost anyone having some real-world > experience with languages like Python. I didn't say otherwise. You're arguing a false dichotomy; the fact that one approach works well does not prove that others won't work equally well. I'm not saying that your preferred style is wrong; I'm just saying that it's a matter of preference, not a universal truth. sherm-- -- Web Hosting by West Virginians, for West Virginians: http://wv-www.net Cocoa programming in Perl: http://camelbones.sourceforge.net -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list