Answer 1

I suggest you read PEP8 (styleguide for Python code).

Answered by: Alford537 | Posted: 01-03-2022

Answer 2

Just naming it Options should be fine. The Python standard library generally takes the philosophy that namespaces make it easy and manageable for different packages to have identically named things. For example, open is both a builtin and a function in the os module, several different modules define an Error exception class, and so on.

This is why it's generally considered bad form to say from some_module import * since it makes it unclear to which open your code refers, etc.

Answered by: Nicole837 | Posted: 01-03-2022

Answer 3

If it all fits in one file, name the class Options. Then your users can write:

import myalg

searchOpts = myalg.Options()
searchOpts.whatever()

mySearcher = myalg.SearchAlg(searchOpts)
mySearcher.search("where's waldo?")

Note the Python Style Guide referenced in another answer suggests that packages should be named with all lowercase letters.

Answered by: Sam343 | Posted: 01-03-2022

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