On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 23:48:31 -0500, Brian van den Broek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<SNIP some of Jeff's responses to my evaluation of his earlier suggestions>
Yes, if you know that you will only have one header per line, then it's reasonable to process them one line at a time. You could alternatively have the TP_file gather all the header lines for a given node into a list, and then process that list to create the Node instance, but given the specifics of your case you probably wouldn't gain anything over your current approach by doing so.
This is what makes programming so interesting -- there's so many different choices possible, and which one is best depends on a large number of factors. When writing a program for some task, the best design for a particular set of circumstances may be completely different than the best design for a somewhat different particular set of circumstances -- and the best design for general usage is probably an altogether different thing still.
Good luck!
Jeff Shannon
Thanks Jeff,
the confirmation that my assessment made sense is very helpful. Due to the my lack of experience (as discussed in my response to Kent) I'm always uncomfortable rejecting a proposed solution -- is my assessment that the solution isn't the best a product of that inexperience, or am I on to something? So, thanks for taking the time to `bless' my assessment.
Best to all,
Brian vdB
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