On Thursday 03 January 2008 10:13:18 am Alan Gauld wrote: > "johnf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > > > .... If the user types in a partial of the key then the dialog > > appears and the user picks from the list. The details of the dialog > > are > > dynamic for each call (based on some meta data) of the showModal(). > > This might be a valid case for defining the class in the function > since > it could be that the number of fields, the labels etc change depending > on the input values. That is exactly the kind of place where a local > class > makes sense. > > > I am very interested in this possible difference between importing > > the class > > vs using the inline class. Any thoughts as what the difference is > > will help > > me understand Python a little better. > > There is no great secret, its just that by putting the class > definition > into the function you have to execute the definition each time you > execute the function. If you put the class in a module and import > it then the class definition is executed at import time and thats it. > > But if you need to change the definition each time you instantiate the > dialog you will have a very complex init method so you might find > it easier to redefine the class each time instead.
Thanks for the response. Having only a short period using python under my belt I find your type of help reassuring. -- John Fabiani _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
