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Re: Coding a simple state machine in python

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Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de>:
> Why have the function return a name? Why not just another function?

As people have said, there are many ways to skin the cat.

A function can represent a state if it is the only type of event the
state machine must process. A regular expression parser would be an
example.

In the general case, a state machine is a matrix of M states by N types
of event. Then, one natural manner of representing a state is a nested
class:

    class Lackey:
        def __init__(self):
            lackey = self

            class Idle:
                def handle_ding(self):
                    lackey.start_timer(10)
                    lackey.set_state(Dinged)

            class Dinged:
                def handle_dong(self):
                    lackey.cancel_timer()
                    lackey.open_door()
                    lackey.ask_for_name()
                    lackey.start_timer(20)
                    lackey.set_state(AwaitingName)

                def handle_timeout(self):
                    lackey.open_door()
                    lackey.shoo_visitor_away()
                    lackey.set_state(Annoyed)

            # other state classes here...
            self.set_state(Idle)

        def set_state(self, state):
            log("Lackey(): New state: {}".format(
                    id(self), state.__class__.__name__))
            self.state = state()

        def handle_ding(self):
            self.state.handle_ding()

        def handle_dong(self):
            self.state.handle_dong()

        def handle_timeout(self):
            self.state.handle_timeout()

        def start_timer(self):
            # etc etc


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Coding a simple state machine in python Ronaldo <abhishek1899@gmail.com> - 2014-02-24 17:30 -0800
  Re: Coding a simple state machine in python Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> - 2014-02-24 19:46 -0600
  Re: Coding a simple state machine in python William Ray Wing <wrw@mac.com> - 2014-02-24 21:55 -0500
    Re: Coding a simple state machine in python Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> - 2014-02-24 21:27 -0600
    Re: Coding a simple state machine in python Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> - 2014-02-24 21:27 -0600
      Re: Coding a simple state machine in python alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2014-02-25 15:19 +1000
        Re: Coding a simple state machine in python Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-02-25 08:35 +0000
        Re: Coding a simple state machine in python Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2014-02-25 11:01 +0100
          Re: Coding a simple state machine in python alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2014-03-03 14:49 +1000
  Re: Coding a simple state machine in python Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2014-02-25 11:04 +0100
    Re: Coding a simple state machine in python Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-02-25 13:20 +0200
  Re: Coding a simple state machine in python Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-02-24 20:54 -0500

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