Why NOT only one class per file?

[Thomas Krüger]

Chris Lasher schrieb:
> why should we NOT be
> placing classes in their own separate files?
> 
> Thoughts, comments, and insight much appreciated,

At first: if he really like it he can place every class in a single
file. But there are some reasons why Python "allows" you to place many
classes in one file:

- It's (a little bit) faster, no additional file system lookup is needed. ;)
- You can define a class in a class. Django, for example, uses this for
it's data models. If you do this you are forced to have multiple classes
in on file. Example:
http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/tutorial02/#make-the-poll-app-modifiable-in-the-admin

See also:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2006-December/418363.html

Thomas