Class or Dictionary?

[Terry Reedy]

On 2/13/2011 6:16 PM, Martin De Kauwe wrote:

> I think I got it, did you mean something like this?
>
>
> class Constants:
>
>      radius_of_earth = 6.37122E+6
>      days_as_yrs = 1.0 / 365.25
>      m2_as_ha = 1E-4  # metres squared as hectares
>      g_as_tonnes = 1E-6  # grammes as tonnes
>      kg_as_tonnes = 1E-3  # kg as tonnes
>      kg_as_g = 1E+3
>
>      def __init__(self):
>
>          self.radius_of_earth = self.__class__.radius_of_earth
>          self.days_as_yrs = self.__class__.days_as_yrs
>          self.m2_as_ha = self.__class__.m2_as_ha
>          self.g_as_tonnes = self.__class__.g_as_tonnes
>          self.kg_as_tonnes = self.__class__.kg_as_tonnes
>          self.kg_as_g = self.__class__.kg_as_g
>
>
> usage something like
>
>>> >from constants import Constants
>>>> Constants.kg_as_g
>>>> 1000.0

No, simpler. No class statememt necessarily needed.

module constants
----------------

radius_of_earth = 6.37122E+6
days_as_yrs = 1.0 / 365.25
m2_as_ha = 1E-4  # metres squared as hectares
g_as_tonnes = 1E-6  # grammes as tonnes
kg_as_tonnes = 1E-3  # kg as tonnes
kg_as_g = 1E+3
# could also have code to load stuff from other files


usage
=====
 >>> import constants
 >>> constants.kg_as_g
1000.0

Real example
 >>> import math
 >>> math.pi, math.e
(3.141592653589793, 2.718281828459045)


-- 
Terry Jan Reedy