Why a class when there will only be one instance?

Steve Lamb grey at despair.dmiyu.org
Tue May 25 20:55:36 EDT 2004


On 2004-05-26, SeeBelow at SeeBelow.Nut <SeeBelow at SeeBelow.Nut> wrote:
> I see the value of a class when two or more instances will be created, but
> Python programmers regularly use a class when there will only be one
> instance.  What is the benefit of this?

    What happens when down the line someone wants to use that code in
something that requires multiple instances?

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