On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 12:45 PM, Giampaolo Rodola' <gne...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > in a module of mine (ftpserver.py) I'd want to add a (boolean) global > variable named "use_gmt_times" to decide whether the server has to > return times in GMT or localtime but I'm not sure if it is a good idea > because of the "ethical" doubts I'm gonna write below. > > In first place I've never liked global variables too much and always > preferred per-class-instance variables instead. > The problem in my case is that I have to use such variable in two > separated classes: FTPHandler and VirtualFileSystem. Also, I want that > for no reason one class uses times in GMT and the other one local > times. > > Another doubt is the naming convention. PEP-8 states that global > variables should use the lower_case_naming_convention but I've seen a > lot of library module using the UPPER_CASE_NAMING_CONVENTION. What am > I supposed to do about it? > > Thanks in advance for any comment.
You could always use a "config" object that you pass around to your other objects. --JamesMills -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
