On Mon, 02 Mar 2015 11:19:06 +0100, Fabien <fabien.mauss...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 01.03.2015 06:05, Michael Torrie wrote: >> A module*is* a singleton pattern, particularly one >> that maintains state. I use sometimes use this feature for sharing >> config and other data between other modules (global state when it's >> required). > >I do this too, after some helping recommendations I got from this >discussion group. I find it neat to use a module for sharing config >states, but I always wondered: does this pattern fall into the "globals >are devil" category? > Global constants are conceptually different than global variables. It is just that in Python there is no semantic diference between the two. The former are OK and a useful pattern, whereas the latter are the ones we call evil. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
