Chapter 15. Use Modules as Name Spaces
There comes a time when every successful software project outgrows its shoes: You start with a simple utility, something that fits in one source file and that you can explain in a single elevator ride. Sprinkle in some success in the form of eager—and demanding—users, and before you know it you end up with a mass of code that you couldn’t describe on a Washington to Tokyo flight, complete with the stopover in Chicago.
This is why big programs usually look a bit different from little programs. That original, elevator-sized utility needs very minimal defenses against complexity, perhaps a few comments and some well-named methods. It’s the massive, trans-Pacific systems that need to pull out every complexity-reducing ...
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