On 19 Jan 2006 15:53:54 -0800, Petr Jakes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for your comments, > The mentioned "8 years old" code actually works somehow. > > I am trying to solve very similar problem about FSM as the code in the > example does and I do not want to be overburden by the if/elif stuff or > by declaring state functions (which IMHO is very similar approach as > if/elif). >
I'm not sure why nobody else in this thread said it, but the most common way of implementing state machines I've seen in Python (unless theres only a couple states you can manage with if/elif) is to use a dict to map states to callables. > Because of above mentioned, something like FSM-generator looks as a way > to go for me (if I can judge with my poor skills). > > I am using Steve's book "Python Web Programming" which is actually the > best I have found about OOP, classes etc. but as a newbie I am just > lost with subclass and mapping attributes etc. while trying to study > the code in the example (http://tinyurl.com/a4zkn). > > All I wanted to know, if, thanks to the improvements in the Python > functionality over the years, it is possible to simplify somhow the old > code. > > Otherwise I have to dig through :) > > Petr Jakes > > PS: > I agree and I do understand the reasons why NOT to use GOTO statements > in the code (aka spaghetti code). > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
