Re: Help me pick an API design (OO vs functional)

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Date	Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:16:56 +0100 (CET)
From	Jean-Michel Pichavant <jeanmichel@sequans.com>
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----- Original Message -----
> On Tuesday, March 26, 2013 11:07:45 AM UTC+1, Jean-Michel Pichavant
> wrote:
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          here, this is an above example :D

> > > The problem with this design is that it effectively duplicates
> > > our
> > > API: We want to keep our "global" functions because they are so
> > > easy
> > > to read.
> > 
> > So is the example above. This is the best solution in my opinion.
> 
> Thanks for your reply. What do you mean by "So is the example above"
> though?

Well the example above :).

[snip]
> Doesn't the IPython do auto-completion for "global" functions?

Yes it does, but as Chris pointed out, your global/module namespace will be "polluted" by a lot of names.
By using completion on an object, you get the method it has access to, which is very useful to narrow down what you can do with it.

JM

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Re: Help me pick an API design (OO vs functional) Jean-Michel Pichavant <jeanmichel@sequans.com> - 2013-03-26 13:16 +0100
  Re: Help me pick an API design (OO vs functional) Michael Herrmann <michael.herrmann@getautoma.com> - 2013-03-26 05:27 -0700

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