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.
You cannot see the problem because there's no problem using classes as
namespaces.
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
import this
[snip]
Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those!
Modules and dictionaries are no more namespaces than classes. So any
container is potentially a namespace.
JM
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