Instance methods, static methods, class methods: Difference between revisions
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: often purely for organizational reasons, and/or when these utility functions are ''only'' relevant to that one class, and e.g. whether the arguments would be instances of this class, or whatever else, is entirely up to you. | : often purely for organizational reasons, and/or when these utility functions are ''only'' relevant to that one class, and e.g. whether the arguments would be instances of this class, or whatever else, is entirely up to you. | ||
::: It's organization more than structuring | ::: It's organization more than structuring | ||
::: Just how necessary that is to cleanliness may depend on how much you split out your modules | ::: Just how necessary that is to cleanliness may depend on how much you split out your modules and/or how much you fetishize OO. | ||