[Tutor] Re: How do you share a method (function) among several objects?

[Xif]

Javier Ruere wrote:

> Xif wrote:
>
>> Hello
>>
>> There are several different objects. However, they all share the same
>> function.
>>
>> Since they are not the same or similar, it's not logical to use a
>> common superclass.
>>
>> So I'm asking, what's a good way to allow those objects to share that
>> function?
>>
>> The best solution I've found so far is to put that function in a
>> module, and have all objects import and use it. But I doubt that's a
>> good use-case for modules; writing and importing a module that contains
>> just a single function seems like an abuse.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Xif
>
>
>   Could you give an example?
>
> Javier
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Sure, I can describe my particular case.

It's a program that retrieves / updates Microsoft Excel spreadsheet data.

There are two major classes:

1) an Excel class, that represents of the whole Excel program
2) a Cells class, that abstracts retrieval  and editing of cells.

Both classes use a function called getCells() as part of their 
__getitem__() methods.

getCells() parses the __getitem__() call arguments, and returns an 
iterator over the appropriate cells.

The difference between the 2 classes is that a Cells instance just 
converts the generator into a list and returns it:

#<code>
return list(getCells(self.sheet, cells))
#</code>

while an Excel instance returns the values of the cells:

#<code>
return [cell.Value for cell in getCells(self.sheet, cells)]
#</code>

As you can see, both use the getCells() function.

So my question is, where is the best way to put it so instances of both 
classes can use it?

Xif