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bruno at modulix onurb at xiludom.gro
Wed Feb 15 09:07:41 EST 2006 
Thomas Girod wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I found a lot of documentation about how to code in Python, but not
> much about how you organize your code in various modules / packages ...
> As I am not yet used to python, this puzzle me a bit.
> 
> So, can anyone explain how one should organize and store its code ? the
> uses of __init__.py files ? Maybe my question is not very clear, but I
> hope someone will understand anyway ...

Well... As a starting point relative to Python specific stuff (use of
__init__.py etc), the Fine Manual is your friend:
http://www.python.org/doc/2.4.2/tut/node8.html

Now for best practices and whatnots, this isn't really specific to
Python. Try to have modules with high cohesion and low coupling, and
it'll be fine. Eventually try to provide a facade class or function for
complex packages (this is a current pattern in the standard lib).

Also, python-is-not-java, so don't feel commited to putting everything
in classes when plain functions would do, and avoid the 1:1 class/file
Java plague !-)

My 2 cents...
-- 
bruno desthuilliers
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p in 'onurb at xiludom.gro'.split('@')])"
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