Joe Strout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Nov 13, 2008, at 10:19 AM, Chris Mellon wrote: > > > Static storage is a way of preserving state. Objects are a way of > > encapsulating state and behavior. Use an object. > > Argh. I've been back in the Python community for about a month, and > I've been continually amazed at how every single "how do I do X" or > "what do you think of this method of doing X" question is answered > by people on high horses claiming "you shouldn't do X".
You seem to be reading the responses differently from me. I don't see that the above response fits the pattern you describe at all. Instead, it looks like you're falling foul of one of the classic mistakes in the “How to ask questions the smart way” document: you've got a goal, but you're assuming that you need to use a specific tool to get there. Instead, you're being shown that your assumption is false: there's a better tool available to achieve your goal. -- \ “Why, I'd horse-whip you if I had a horse.” —Groucho Marx | `\ | _o__) | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
