On 07/09/10 05:37, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
This is a style question rather than a programming question.
How large (how many KB, lines, classes, whatever unit of code you like to
measure in) should a module grow before I should break it up into a
package? I see that, for example, decimal.py is> 3000 lines of code, so
I can assume that 3 KLOC is acceptable. Presumably 3000 KLOC is not.
Where do you draw the line?
For the purposes of the discussion, you should consider that the code in
the module really does belong together, and that splitting it into sub-
modules would mean arbitrarily separating code into separate files.
Personally I like to split up my module quite early and the main
criteria is whether this improves (IMO) maintainability.
So if I can refactor stuff that with some adaption can be used multiple
times I put it in its own module. I rarely exceed 1KLOC per module and
on average are on half of that.
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