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Don't write Rust like it's Java (jgayfer.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Actually, I like encapsulating global state in a structured and documented construct. But I guess I could see Java developers going overboard with abstraction in an imperative language.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think, the point is that in Python (like Rust) that construct is a module. In Java, a module does not exist in that sense. You put everything into classes in Java and static classes, i.e. singleton objects, are what you use instead of modules...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Interesting, that definitely makes sense!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

There are good reasons to do singletons in python. But your first instinct shouldn't be to jump straight to one