On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:49:02 +0000, kj wrote:
> What's the word on using "classes as namespaces"? E.g.
>
> class _cfg(object):
> spam = 1
> jambon = 3
> huevos = 2
>
> breakfast = (_cfg.spam, _cfg.jambon, _cfg.huevos)
>
>
> Granted, this is not the "intended use" for classes, and therefore could
> be viewed as a misuse ("that's what dictionaries are for", etc.). But
> other than this somewhat academic objection[*], I really can see no
> problem with using classes in this way.
>
> And yet, I've come across online murky warnings against using classes as
> "pseudo-namespaces". Is there some problem that I'm not seeing with
> this technique?
>
> ~K
>
> [*] My own subjective dislike for the widespread practice of using
> triple quotes to comment out code is formally similar to this one ("the
> 'intended use' for triple-quoting is not to comment out code", etc.).
> Here I find myself on the opposite side of the purist/pragmatic divide.
> Hmmm.
I myself am a humble beginner in many ways, but generally isn't that
(namespacing) achieved by using modules?
I don't find the need generally to assign namespace to local variables
and when there is a need for it, module level objects do the job.
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