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Evening,

I'm currently working on a larger Python project that consists of multiple
programs and packages. As I need a few utility functions time and again I
moved them all into a Utility package and created a class there. Like this:

Util.py:
~~~~~~~~
class Util:
def __init__(self, debugFlag=False , vibranceLevel=' good'):
self.debugFlag = debugFlag
self.vibranceLe vel = vibranceLevel

def function1(self) :
do this
do that

main.py:
~~~~~~~~
import Util
util = Util.Util()
util.function1( whatever)

def some_function() :
global util
util.function1( dingdong)

However this feels like I'm abusing classes because I don't really need
several instances of an object. I just need one instance. Even worse is
that I'm starting to use "global util" to get access to the "alibi
instance" I created. (I'm not sure whether I could even omit it due to
scoping rules.)

As I know that importing packages from multiple modules always keeps it a
singleton I thought of something like this:

Util.py:
~~~~~~~~
debugFlag = False
vibranceLevel = 'good'

def function1():
global debugFlag
print debugFlag

main.py:
~~~~~~~~
import Util
Util.debugFlag = True
Util.function1( whatever)

def doThis():
Util.function1( 42)

Here I don't use classes any longer. Good. But to access the "package
variables" I probably need to use "global" again which just moved the
ugliness to another position.

What would be a good practice here? All I want is a utility package that I
can import from everywhere (as a singleton) and that I can use even in
subroutines (def) without needing to write "global" here. (The "global"
could probably even be omitted because unless I define a variable in a
"def" scope the global variable should be visible.)

Please enlighten me. :)

Kindly
Christoph

P.S.: Code parts untested. More a schema than something that would actually run.
--
Please reply to the list - not to me personally.
May 8 '06 #1
2 1889
Christoph Haas wrote:
As I know that importing packages from multiple modules always keeps it a
singleton I thought of something like this:

Util.py:
~~~~~~~~
debugFlag = False
vibranceLevel = 'good'

def function1():
global debugFlag
print debugFlag


The global line is not needed: global declarations are only required
if you need to _write_ on globals w/in the function.

--Scott David Daniels
sc***********@a cm.org
May 8 '06 #2
Christoph Haas wrote:
Evening,

I'm currently working on a larger Python project that consists of multiple
programs and packages. As I need a few utility functions time and again I
moved them all into a Utility package and created a class there. .... As I know that importing packages from multiple modules always keeps it a
singleton I thought of something like this:

Util.py:
~~~~~~~~
debugFlag = False
vibranceLevel = 'good'

def function1():
global debugFlag
print debugFlag

main.py:
~~~~~~~~
import Util
Util.debugFlag = True
Util.function1( whatever)

def doThis():
Util.function1( 42)

Here I don't use classes any longer. Good. But to access the "package
variables" I probably need to use "global" again which just moved the
ugliness to another position.


This is fine. You don't need 'global' statements to read global
variables, function1() can be simply
def function1():
print debugFlag

Kent
May 10 '06 #3

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