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Q&A Are there practical reasons for designing a method-only class/object?

Are there practical reasons for designing/implementing a method(s)-only class/object? Follow-up background notes: This question is for languages that are not exclusively Object-Oriented, for exam...

3 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by CodeFarmer‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by hkotsubo‭

#5: Post edited by user avatar CodeFarmer‭ · 2021-09-20T21:09:16Z (over 2 years ago)
Add example languages
  • Are there practical reasons for designing/implementing a method(s)-only class/object?
  • Follow-up background notes:
  • This question is for languages that are not exclusively Object-Oriented. So languages that can have classes/instances and top-level independent functions.
  • The event that started me thinking about this is that was reading some code that is a mixture of classes/object and independent functions. I wonder what things to evaluate when thinking about whether/is some of the independent functions should be grouped to classes/object.
  • Are there practical reasons for designing/implementing a method(s)-only class/object?
  • Follow-up background notes:
  • This question is for languages that are not exclusively Object-Oriented, for example, Python and Perl. So languages that can have classes/instances and top-level independent functions.
  • The event that started me thinking about this is that was reading some code that is a mixture of classes/object and independent functions. I wonder what things to evaluate when thinking about whether/is some of the independent functions should be grouped to classes/object.
#4: Post edited by user avatar CodeFarmer‭ · 2021-09-08T18:09:20Z (over 2 years ago)
  • Are there practical reasons for designing/implementing a method(s)-only class/object?
  • Follow-up background notes:
  • ---------------------------
  • This question is for languages that are not exclusively Object-Oriented. So languages that can have classes/instances and top-level independent functions.
  • The event that started me thinking about this is that was reading some code that is a mixture of classes/object and independent functions. I wonder what things to evaluate when thinking about whether/is some of the independent functions should be grouped to classes/object.
  • Are there practical reasons for designing/implementing a method(s)-only class/object?
  • Follow-up background notes:
  • This question is for languages that are not exclusively Object-Oriented. So languages that can have classes/instances and top-level independent functions.
  • The event that started me thinking about this is that was reading some code that is a mixture of classes/object and independent functions. I wonder what things to evaluate when thinking about whether/is some of the independent functions should be grouped to classes/object.
#3: Post edited by user avatar CodeFarmer‭ · 2021-09-08T18:09:01Z (over 2 years ago)
Try to improve the question by adding additional context based on initial responses.
  • Are there practical reasons for designing/implementing a method(s)-only class/object?
  • Are there practical reasons for designing/implementing a method(s)-only class/object?
  • Follow-up background notes:
  • ---------------------------
  • This question is for languages that are not exclusively Object-Oriented. So languages that can have classes/instances and top-level independent functions.
  • The event that started me thinking about this is that was reading some code that is a mixture of classes/object and independent functions. I wonder what things to evaluate when thinking about whether/is some of the independent functions should be grouped to classes/object.
#2: Post edited by user avatar Alexei‭ · 2021-08-31T04:23:24Z (over 2 years ago)
added relevant tag
#1: Initial revision by user avatar CodeFarmer‭ · 2021-08-30T21:28:34Z (over 2 years ago)
Are there practical reasons for designing a method-only class/object?
Are there practical reasons for designing/implementing a method(s)-only class/object?