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Re: Spreading a class over multiple files

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Mark Summerfield wrote:

> Sometimes I want to spread a class over multiple files.
> 
> My primary use case is when I create a "Model" class to reflect an entire
> SQL database. I want a model instance to provide a single point of access
> to
>  the database, but the database has many tables each requiring its own
>  methods since they differ in their structure, purpose, validation needs,
>  etc.

In other words, a God Class

http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?GodClass

> My question is -- are there nicer/better ways to achieve this?

Use composition.

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Spreading a class over multiple files Mark Summerfield <list@qtrac.plus.com> - 2016-06-04 23:55 -0700
  Re: Spreading a class over multiple files Gary Herron <gherron@digipen.edu> - 2016-06-05 00:18 -0700
    Re: Spreading a class over multiple files Mark Summerfield <list@qtrac.plus.com> - 2016-06-05 01:14 -0700
      Re: Spreading a class over multiple files Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-06-05 20:57 +1000
  Re: Spreading a class over multiple files Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2016-06-05 09:40 +0200
  Re: Spreading a class over multiple files Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2016-06-05 13:59 -0400

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