Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info>: > On Mon, 20 Aug 2018 11:40:16 +0300, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: > >> class C: >> def __init__(self, some, arg): >> c = self >> class D: >> def method(self): >> access(c) >> access(some) >> access(arg) >> >> IOW, inner class D is a container for a group of interlinked closure >> functions. > > If a class' methods don't use self, it probably shouldn't be a class. > > I have often wished Python had proper namespaces, so I didn't have to > abuse classes as containers in this way :-( > > (Not that I do this using "inner classes", but I do often want to use a > class as a container for functions, without caring about "self" or > wrapping everything in staticmethod.)
Yes, the reason to use a class is that there is no handier way to create a method dispatch or a singleton object. Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
