Re: [Pyode-user] Individual Space classes

[Timothy S. <ti...@st...>]

On Tue, 2004-08-03 at 09:36, Matthias Baas wrote:
> As a second step I'd like to split the Space class in its individual=20
> classes as there are already three of them in ODE: SimpleSpace,=20
> HashSpace and QuadTreeSpace. However, before doing so I thought I'd=20
> better ask what you think of it. Are you in favor of this change or do=20
> you think we should stick to one Space class and pass the type as=20
> argument (as it is the case right now)?

I'm in favour of splitting them into separate classes.

> If we'll have individual classes, what class names would you prefer?=20

SimpleSpace, HashSpace and QuadTreeSpace are fine.

> Should "Space" be the abstract base class or an alias for the=20
> SimpleSpace class to remain at least a bit of compatibility to the=20
> previous version? Or should "Space" be a factory function that still=20
> works like before and returns the appropriate space class.....

I agree that having Space as a factory function is a good idea. Maybe
"SpaceBase" could be the abstract base class for the spaces?

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Timothy Stranex <ti...@st...>