Re: code review

From	Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com>
Subject	Re: code review
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
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Date	2012-06-30 09:36 +0000

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On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 09:31:53 +0000, Alister wrote:

> On Fri, 29 Jun 2012 14:49:11 -0600, Littlefield, Tyler wrote:
> 
>> I am no expert but from what have picked up so far from x import is
>> frowned upon in most cases also this section in main strikes me as a
>> bit odd and convoluted w = world() serv = server(client) w.server =
>> serv serv.world = w I think you are cross referencing classes & would
>> be better to investigate inheritance.
>> 
>>  From what I understand and how I've always employed it, inheritance is
>> ment when you wish to give a class characteristics of another class.
>> All I'm doing here is setting the world and server classes on each
>> other, so they can call one another. This probably isn't needed in case
>> of serv.server = w, but for sure the other way around.
> 
> I was not too sure of exactly why the code looked odd.
> as mentioned in another post I should really have referred to the
> circular references.
> 
> I am new to python (about 6 months of home hacking), I looked at the
> code to see if it could improve my knowledge & my responses have been
> intended to spark a 2 way discussion of the pro's & cons of the
> approach.
> So far that seems to be working, I expect by the end of this I will have
> learnt much about real world python apps.

perhaps now is a good time for me to look at the rest of the modules to 
see if i can work out exactly what these circular references do.
btw where or what is pants.py? 



-- 
If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.
		-- Anatole France

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code review "Littlefield, Tyler" <tyler@tysdomain.com> - 2012-06-28 20:57 -0600
  Re: code review alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2012-06-28 20:58 -0700
    Re: code review Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-06-29 07:31 +0000
      Re: code review Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-06-29 17:42 +1000
      Re: code review "Littlefield, Tyler" <tyler@tysdomain.com> - 2012-06-29 09:03 -0600
        Re: code review Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2012-06-29 19:41 +0000
          Re: code review MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-06-29 21:09 +0100
          Re: code review "Martin P. Hellwig" <martin.hellwig@gmail.com> - 2012-06-29 13:27 -0700
            Re: code review Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2012-06-29 20:43 +0000
              Re: code review Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-06-29 19:02 -0400
              Re: code review Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-06-29 23:02 -0400
          Re: code review "Littlefield, Tyler" <tyler@tysdomain.com> - 2012-06-29 14:49 -0600
            Re: code review Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2012-06-30 09:31 +0000
              Re: code review Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2012-06-30 09:36 +0000
          Re: code review Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-06-30 02:28 +0000
            Re: code review Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2012-06-30 09:22 +0000
          Re: code review Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-06-29 23:00 -0400
        Re: code review Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2012-06-30 10:04 +0000
          Re: code review Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-06-30 12:29 +0200
            Re: code review Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-06-30 20:39 +0200
              Re: code review Thomas Jollans <t@jollybox.de> - 2012-06-30 21:38 +0200
                Re: code review Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2012-06-30 20:30 +0000
                Re: code review Thomas Jollans <t@jollybox.de> - 2012-06-30 22:50 +0200
                Re: code review Alain Ketterlin <alain@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> - 2012-06-30 23:07 +0200
                Re: code review Thomas Jollans <t@jollybox.de> - 2012-06-30 23:35 +0200
                Re: code review Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-06-30 17:47 -0400
                Re: code review Thomas Jollans <t@jollybox.de> - 2012-07-01 00:05 +0200
                Re: code review Alain Ketterlin <alain@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> - 2012-07-01 01:03 +0200
                Re: code review Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2012-07-01 10:08 +1000
                Re: code review Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-07-01 10:37 +1000
                Re: code review Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-07-01 03:23 +0000
                Re: code review Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-07-01 13:48 +1000
                Re: code review Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-07-01 06:54 +0000
                Re: code review Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-07-01 16:59 +1000
                Re: code review Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-07-01 05:55 -0400
                Re: code review Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-07-02 01:26 +0000
                Re: code review Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-13 12:30 +0000
                Re: code review Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-07-13 15:04 +0000
                Re: code review Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-07-14 01:36 +1000
                Re: code review rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2012-07-13 09:24 -0700
                Re: code review Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-07-13 16:39 -0400
                Re: code review Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2012-07-16 10:43 +0000
                Re: code review Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2012-07-16 21:34 +1000
                Re: code review Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-17 10:54 +0000
                Re: code review Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-07-13 19:09 -0400
                Re: code review Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-07-14 03:26 -0600
                Re: code review Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-07-14 16:42 -0400
                Re: code review rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2012-06-30 21:07 -0700
                Re: code review Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-07-01 14:20 +1000
                Re: code review Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2012-07-01 17:28 +1000
                Re: code review Thomas Jollans <t@jollybox.de> - 2012-07-01 09:46 +0200
                Re: code review HoneyMonster <nobody@someplace.invalid> - 2012-07-01 20:53 +0000
                Re: code review Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2012-07-01 05:18 -0400
                Re: code review Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-07-02 00:41 +0000
                Re: code review Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2012-07-01 21:40 -0400
                Re: code review Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-07-01 13:41 -0400
                Re: code review John O'Hagan <research@johnohagan.com> - 2012-07-02 14:43 +1000
                Re: Re: code review Evan Driscoll <driscoll@cs.wisc.edu> - 2012-06-30 23:45 -0500
                Re: Re: code review Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-07-01 08:57 +0200
                Re: code review Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2012-07-01 09:54 +0000
                Re: Re: code review Evan Driscoll <driscoll@cs.wisc.edu> - 2012-07-01 10:48 -0500
                Re: Re: code review lars van gemerden <lars@rational-it.com> - 2012-07-06 04:22 -0700
                Re: Re: code review lars van gemerden <lars@rational-it.com> - 2012-07-06 04:22 -0700
                Re: code review Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-07-06 13:58 +0000
                Re: code review Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-07-13 08:32 -0700
                Re: code review Evan Driscoll <driscoll@cs.wisc.edu> - 2012-06-30 23:57 -0500
                Re: code review Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-07-01 09:04 +0200
                Re: code review Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-07-01 02:06 +0000
                Re: code review Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-07-01 12:20 +1000
                Re: code review Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-07-01 04:17 +0000
                Re: code review Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-07-01 14:23 +1000
                Re: code review Steven D'Aprano <steve+usenet@pearwood.info> - 2012-07-01 06:27 +0000
                Re: code review Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-07-01 16:33 +1000
                Re: code review Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-07-02 01:28 +0000
                Re: code review Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2012-07-01 21:50 -0400
                Re: code review Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-07-02 07:29 +0000
                Re: code review Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-07-02 12:04 +1000
                Re: code review Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-07-02 08:11 +0000
                Re: code review Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-07-02 18:20 +1000
                Re: code review Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-07-02 08:57 -0700
                Re: code review Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-07-03 02:42 +1000
                Re: code review Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-07-02 11:22 -0700
                Re: code review Thomas Jollans <t@jollybox.de> - 2012-07-02 21:06 +0200
                Re: code review Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-07-02 12:35 -0700
                Re: code review Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-07-03 07:57 +1000
                Re: code review Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2012-07-03 12:19 +0000
                Re: code review Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-07-02 01:20 -0400
                Re: code review Thomas Jollans <t@jollybox.de> - 2012-07-02 16:41 +0200
                Re: code review Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-07-02 11:33 -0400
                Re: code review Thomas Jollans <t@jollybox.de> - 2012-07-01 09:35 +0200
                Re: code review Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-07-02 00:43 +0000
                Re: code review Thomas Jollans <t@jollybox.de> - 2012-07-02 16:26 +0200
                Re: code review Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-07-02 08:16 -0700
                Re: code review Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-07-03 02:55 +1000
                Re: code review Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-07-03 00:57 +0000
                Re: code review Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-07-03 11:22 +1000
                Re: code review John O'Hagan <research@johnohagan.com> - 2012-07-03 12:25 +1000
                Re: code review Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-07-03 04:11 +0000
                Re: code review Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-07-03 02:09 -0400
                Re: code review Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-07-03 08:33 -0400
                Re: code review Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-03 16:53 +0100
                Re: code review Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-07-03 17:32 -0400
                Re: code review rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2012-07-02 22:10 -0700
                Re: code review Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2012-07-03 15:46 +1000
                Re: code review John O'Hagan <research@johnohagan.com> - 2012-07-04 00:59 +1000
                Re: code review Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-03 16:50 +0100
                Re: code review Paul Rudin <paul.nospam@rudin.co.uk> - 2012-07-04 10:29 +0100
                Re: code review Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-04 17:25 +0100
                Re: code review Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-07-04 01:53 +1000
                Re: code review Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-03 17:05 +0100
                Re: code review Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-07-03 16:13 -0400
                Re: code review Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-07-04 07:54 +1000
                Re: code review Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-04 09:28 +0100
                Re: code review rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2012-06-30 19:37 -0700
                Re: code review Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-07-01 09:25 +1000
                Re: code review Thomas Jollans <t@jollybox.de> - 2012-07-01 01:50 +0200
                Re: code review "Martin P. Hellwig" <martin.hellwig@gmail.com> - 2012-06-30 14:48 -0700
                Re: code review Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-07-02 13:16 -0600
            Re: code review Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2012-06-30 20:25 +0000
          Re: code review Kushal Kumaran <kushal.kumaran+python@gmail.com> - 2012-07-03 23:23 +0530
            Re: code review John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2012-07-03 18:18 +0000
              Re: code review Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-07-03 12:27 -0600
              Re: code review Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-07-04 07:51 +1000
          Re: code review Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-07-03 12:19 -0600
          Re: code review kushal.kumaran+python@gmail.com - 2012-07-04 08:27 +0530
          Re: code review Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-07-04 13:53 +1000
          Re: code review Simon Cropper <simoncropper@fossworkflowguides.com> - 2012-07-04 14:55 +1000
          Re: code review "Littlefield, Tyler" <tyler@tysdomain.com> - 2012-07-03 23:39 -0600
            Re: code review alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2012-07-03 23:17 -0700
              Re: code review rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2012-07-04 00:05 -0700
          Apology for OT posts (was: code review) John O'Hagan <research@johnohagan.com> - 2012-07-06 12:06 +1000
          Re: Apology for OT posts Simon Cropper <simoncropper@fossworkflowguides.com> - 2012-07-06 15:30 +1000
          Re: Apology for OT posts Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-07-06 17:45 +1000
          Re: Apology for OT posts Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-06 10:37 +0100

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