Chris Rebert wrote: > On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 9:09 PM, Steven Woody <narkewo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 1:02 PM, James Mills >> <prolo...@shortcircuit.net.au> wrote: >>> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Steven Woody <narkewo...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> In C++/Java, people usually put one class into one file. What's the >>>> suggestion on this topic in Python? I so much interesting this >>>> especially when exception classes also involved. >>> Normally i group related functionality into the one module. >> Will that lead to too large source file size? Is there a >> recommendation on max lines of a python source? Thanks. > > I don't think there's really a hard-and-fast rule (just like in Java & > C++!). When the program starts to feel unwieldly, then start splitting > it into multiple modules. Python files can generally contain several > classes and functions and still be quite manageable. > The OP can take a look at the standard library to get some impression of what's been considered acceptable over the years. Just remember that some of the code is a little antiquated, as working code is not rewritten just for the fun of fixing the bugs this would inject.
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