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Python class naming: nested classes or composed names?
I encountered a scenario where I cannot decide on which is the best (or worst) naming strategy. The context is the following: a bracket (as in a tournament) made up of nodes, where is node is made up ...
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Python classes with only one instance: When to create a (single) class instance and when to work with the class instead?
Given a Python class which will be instantiated only once, i.e. there will be only one object of the class. I was wondering in which cases it makes sense to create a single class instance instead of ...
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Code design: is this specific case of monkeypatching in python acceptable?
I'm using python to do some research tasks. I have a class hierarchy for "tools", where each object is an instance of a particular tool. They all share some functionality and have many similarities in ...
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