Eclipse and the Python plugin

[lipska the kat]

On 03/08/12 17:40, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:51:26 +0100, lipska the kat wrote:
>
>> I can write a
>> Python class and call it Foo and save it in a file called Bar and it's
>> no big deal (at least Eclipse doesn't get excited) If I try that in Java
>> the sky falls in.
>
> :)
>
> Correct. Python does not require, or even encourage, the one-class-per-
> file rule of Java.

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Well it's actually one public class per file, you can have as many 
package visible classes as you like not to mention inner classes and 
anonymous classes, but I know what you mean.

I used to know a developer who though that any file (class) that 
contained more lines of code than could fit on an A4 sheet of paper at 
10 points was too large ... a little extreme perhaps.

> Mind you, both of those are seriously large, Decimal has 117 methods and
> Context around 70-80 (I stopped counting). So as I said, that's about the
> upper limit for what I consider reasonable in a single module.

117 methods seems a lot doesn't it. I'm still trying to get my head 
around Python packages, I think Eclipse will help me with this and the 
whole module mix of functions and classes is taking a while to get used 
to. The standard included libraries are pretty impressive though and it 
is certainly easier to write quick throwaway prototypes in Python. I 
guess this will become even quicker once I understand the language better.

lipska

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