[rfc] MethodObject or CommandObject pattern and reconfigure.py

[Robert Collins]

On Fri, 2009-07-24 at 15:37 +1000, Martin Pool wrote:
> 
> 
>  * If the only interface you want to present is "do this action" and
> there's no obvious object identity that callers would be interested
> in, make it a function not an object.  The function can always become
> a factory for objects later, whether or not that's disclosed.

Objects often make unit testing easier, even in the case where the
client API is going to be very narrow. I think its worth saying that
these are factors to consider, but I would hesitate to make them rules.

-Rob
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