singleton (newbie)

[Larry Bates]

Neil,

Three observations:

1) IMHO Python needs to be written as Python not as some
   other language.  I've rewritten your class below:

class B:
    x = 0
    y = 1

    def foo():
      print B.x

    foo = staticmethod(foo)

    def bar():
        print B.y
        B.y+=1

    bar = staticmethod(bar)

 if __name__ == "__main__":
    B.foo()
    B.bar()
    B.foo()
    B.bar()
    B.bar()

2) I continue to read on c.l.p. about staticmethods and
   just don't understand why anyone would use them.  This
   is how I learned to write this in Python.  It seems that
   they are some sort of "carryover" from another language.
   I'd be the first to admit I don't understand the appeal,
   so maybe they can be useful.  I've just never needed them.
   If I need a static function, I just write it that way.
   I don't make it the method of a class object.

if you want x, y to be global across all instances of B:

class B:
    x = 0
    y = 1

    def foo(self):
        print self.x

    def bar(self):
        print self.y
        self.y+=1

if __name__ == "__main__":
    b=B()
    b.foo()
    b.bar()
    b.foo()
    b.bar()
    b.bar()

if you want x, y to be local to current instance of B:

class B:
    def __init__(self):
        self.x=0
        self.y=1

    def foo(self):
        print self.x

    def bar(self):
        print self.y
        self.y+=1

if __name__ == "__main__":
    b=B()
    b.foo()
    b.bar()
    b.foo()
    b.bar()
    b.bar()

3) If you just want static functions, just write them that way.

def foo():
    global x
    print x

def bar():
    global y
    print y

if __name__ == "__main__":
    x=0
    y=0
    foo()
    bar()
    foo()
    bar()
    bar()

Maybe it will help, maybe not.

Larry Bates
Syscon, Inc.


"Neil Zanella" <nzanella at cs.mun.ca> wrote in message
news:b68d2f19.0408181413.70f2a91b at posting.google.com...
> Hello,
>
> Is this the correct way to code multi-instance singleton in Python?
> It seems to do the trick for me but I appreciate any criticism as I
> am somewhat new to Python.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Neil
>
> #!/usr/bin/python
>
> class B:
>   x = 0
>   y = 1
>   def foo(): print B.x
>   foo = staticmethod(foo)
>   def bar(): print B.y; B.y += 1
>   bar = staticmethod(bar)
>
> if __name__ == "__main__":
>   B.foo()
>   B.bar()
>   B.foo()
>   B.bar()
>   B.bar()