On Mon, 2006-08-07 at 15:41 +0200, Martin Höfling wrote: > Hi there, > > is it possible to put the methods of a class in different files? I just > want to order them and try to keep the files small. >
Here's how I do it: Firstly, I create a file called imports.py which contains all my import statements. These are obviously indented at the zero position. I then create a classname.py file. This just has the class statement (eg: class Foo:) . I then create a separate file for each function in the class. Eg: init.py, function1.py, etc). These must be indented by one indent position. I then create a main.py file. This contains statements to be executed after all the statements in the class. I create a shell script which concatenates the files in the correct order eg: cat imports.py \ classname.py \ init.py \ function1.py \ ... ... .. main.py > module.py I use the concatenated file, module.py, as the program to run or import. I find it easier to maintain code in this way - if I need to make a change to a particular function, I just edit the file in which the function is defined and re-run the shell script to make the program. If I need to add a new function to the class I just need to create a new file and add its entry to the shell script in the correct place and re-run the shell script. Of course you are not limited to a single function per file, but that is what works best for me. Regards, John -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
