John Heasly wrote:
> Given:
> [{"mugshot": "nw_gradspeaker4_0608", "width": 67.0, "height": 96.0}, \
> {"mugshot": "nw_gradspeaker2_0608", "width": 67.0, "height": 96.0}, \
> {"freehand": "b1.developreport.0614", "width": 154.0, "height":
> 210.0}, \
> {"graphic": "bz_cafeparadiso_0613", "width": 493.0, "height": 341.0}]
>
> Return:
> {"mugshot1": "nw_gradspeaker4_0608", "mugshot1.width": 67.0,
> "mugshot1.height": 96.0,\
> "mugshot2": "nw_gradspeaker2_0608", "mugshot2.width": 67.0,
> "mugshot2.height": 96.0, \
> "freehand1": "b1.developreport.0614", "freehand1.width": 154.0,
> "freehand1.width": 210.0, \
> "graphic1": "bz_cafeparadiso_0613", "graphic1.width": 493.0,
> "graphic1.height": 341.0}
>
> I'm trying to teach myself some OOP. Does grinding the Given above into
> the Return seem like a good candidate?
If that's all you're doing, and you must use that output format, then
I'd say no. OOP is not a panacea.
Now if you're going to *do* something with the return information, then
I would say yes. But in that case, don't use a single dict as a return,
use objects.
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