Cause for using objects?

[Michael Hoffman]

John Heasly wrote:
> Given:
>     [{"mugshot": "nw_gradspeaker4_0608", "width": 67.0, "height": 96.0}, \
>     {"mugshot": "nw_gradspeaker2_0608", "width": 67.0, "height": 96.0}, \
>     {"freehand": "b1.developreport.0614", "width": 154.0, "height": 
> 210.0}, \
>     {"graphic": "bz_cafeparadiso_0613", "width": 493.0, "height": 341.0}]
> 
> Return:
>     {"mugshot1": "nw_gradspeaker4_0608", "mugshot1.width": 67.0, 
> "mugshot1.height": 96.0,\
>     "mugshot2": "nw_gradspeaker2_0608", "mugshot2.width": 67.0, 
> "mugshot2.height": 96.0, \
>     "freehand1": "b1.developreport.0614", "freehand1.width": 154.0, 
> "freehand1.width": 210.0, \
>     "graphic1": "bz_cafeparadiso_0613", "graphic1.width": 493.0, 
> "graphic1.height": 341.0}
> 
> I'm trying to teach myself some OOP. Does grinding the Given above into 
> the Return seem like a good candidate?

If that's all you're doing, and you must use that output format, then 
I'd say no. OOP is not a panacea.

Now if you're going to *do* something with the return information, then 
I would say yes. But in that case, don't use a single dict as a return, 
use objects.
-- 
Michael Hoffman