Eric Poggel: > On 11/10/2010 3:16 PM, dsimcha wrote: > > Don't make it a class if it can be a free > > function. > > I agree with most of the others except for this one.
Object oriented programming is a way to think about code, so it may come more natural to you, or less natural, according to the way you think (often your first language matters a lot. If your first language was OOP then probably objects are more natural for you). But in the end OOP was invented to face problems present in larger programs. OO is infrastructure that adds some complexity to reduce complexity in larger programs. It's not wise to add complexity unless it's necessary. So using a class where a free functions is enough may be over-engineering. Bye, bearophile
