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Re: Import order question

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Nagy László Zsolt <gandalf@shopzeus.com> writes:

> > Use modules to group your class definitions conceptually. There is
> > no need whatever to separate every class into a different module.

> If there is a consensus, and it is really desireable to put all these
> related classes into the same module, then this is what I'm going to
> do.

You should use multiple modules to separate the code where it makes
sense, along *conceptual* lines. Make separate modules that each
represent a conceptually-separate area of functionality in your
application, and put the classes which implement that functionality in
that module.

> I never know when to put classes in different modules. I usually draw
> an UML diagram and group classes into packages. Wich makes sense
> because there can be sub-groups with subpackages. But I'm always
> confused with modules, I don't know why.

You can start by making one module for each of those groupings. (The
term “package” already has a specific technical meaning in Python, and
I'm not sure whether that's what you meant here.)

> Thanks for the help.

Welcome to Python!

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Ben Finney

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Re: Import order question Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-02-18 06:40 +1100
  Re: Import order question Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-18 12:41 -0800
    Re: Import order question Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-19 08:02 +1100
      Re: Import order question Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-18 13:44 -0800
        Re: Import order question Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-19 08:49 +1100
          Re: Import order question Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-02-18 22:44 +0000
        Re: Import order question Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2014-02-18 16:17 -0600
          Re: Import order question Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-02-18 22:45 +0000
          Re: Import order question Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-18 14:49 -0800
        Re: Import order question Rotwang <sg552@hotmail.co.uk> - 2014-02-18 23:28 +0000
          Re: Import order question Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-18 15:41 -0800
            Re: Import order question Rotwang <sg552@hotmail.co.uk> - 2014-02-19 01:09 +0000
            Re: Import order question Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-02-19 07:32 +0000
          Re: Import order question MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2014-02-19 00:18 +0000
        Re: Import order question Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-19 12:57 +1100
        Re: Import order question Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-02-19 07:32 +0000
          Re: Import order question Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-19 18:59 +1100
          Re: Import order question Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-02-19 08:28 -0500

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