pass object or use self.object?

[Lie Ryan]

On 04/07/10 18:34, Bruno Desthuilliers wrote:
> Lie Ryan a écrit :
> (snip)
> 
>> Since in function in python is a first-class object, you can instead do
>> something like:
>>
>> def process(document):
>>     # note: document should encapsulate its own logic
>>     document.do_one_thing()
> 
> Obvious case of encapsulation abuse here. Should a file object
> encapsulate all the csv parsing logic ? (and the html parsing, xml
> parsing, image manipulation etc...) ? Should a "model" object
> encapsulate the presentation logic ? I could go on for hours here...

Yes, but no; you're taking it out of context. Is {csv|html|xml|image}
parsing logic a document's logic? Is presentation a document's logic? If
they're not, then they do not belong in document.