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[hdante]

On Mar 12, 10:50 pm, "Andrew Rekdal" <as... at comcast.net> wrote:
> Well, I can see how this could get real messy but within defining a GUI
> there are many elements and so the block of elements such as a wx.notebook
> for instance I would hope I could place all the code for this in another
> file and somehow include it into place. This way I can work on layered
> panels and such in a fresh document rather than travesing through tons of
> widgets and sizers.
>
> Thanks for your replies
>
> --
> -- Andrew
>
> "Steven D'Aprano" <st... at REMOVE-THIS-cybersource.com.au> wrote in message
>
> news:13th14pe0hhsie1 at corp.supernews.com...
>
> > On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:42:44 -0500, Andrew Rekdal wrote:
>
> >> I am working in the class constructor defining elements of an
> >> application. The problem is the file is getting unmanageble and I am
> >> wanting to extend the contructor __init__ to another file.
>
> >> Is it possible to import directly into the contructor the contents of
> >> another module file?
>
> >> If so how would this be done?
>
> > Here's the way you do what you literally asked for:
>
> > class MyClass(object):
> >    def __init__(self, *args):
> >        # Warning: completely untested
> >        execfile('myfile.py')  # may need extra arguments?
>
> > but you almost certainly don't want to do that. A better way is by
> > importing modules, the same as you would for anything else:
>
> > class MyClass(object):
> >    def __init__(self, *args):
> >        from AnotherModule import constructor
> >        constructor(self, *args)
>
> > But frankly if you find yourself needing to do this because your file is
> > "too big" and is unmanageable, I think you are in desperate need of
> > refactoring your code to make if more manageable. Pushing vast amounts of
> > random code out into other files just increases the complexity: not only
> > do you have vast amounts of code, but you have large numbers of files to
> > manage as well.
>
> > --
> > Steven


 You should define your objects in a recursive way. The main window
object only deals with their immediate children. Each childen should
have a class that deals with their immediate children. This way, each
constructor should have a dozen or so children and each of them should
easily fit in a single file.

 Or you should be using a GUI editor.