ANONYMOUS wrote:
> Hi all,
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> I have a question regarding the style marking for the project. Is it bad practice to define a custom class inside each of the methods for questions 1-7?
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> Currently I define a custom class to return and then return a new instance of that class for each of the questions. This passes the tests and I cannot find any informations online saying that this is inherently bad practice.
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> Any help would be appreciated.
> Thank you!
There is nothing about using "nested classes" (see also: "inner" or "local" classes) that is inherently poor style. You would not lose style marks simply for using them. Style marks are awarded on a number of categories per the marking rubric. Consider these categories when deciding whether to use various kinds of nested classes. Careless use of nested classes could make your code harder to read, but if you are careful not to let this happen, then there is no reason you could not get full style marks while using nested classes. Conversely, none of the style marks expressly require the use of nested classes or any similar feature. There are not a lot of hard and fast style rules, as there is no universal standard for style. Rather, style marks are awarded based on various indicators for writing code that another programmer can understand clearly. In reality the programmers in question will be your markers, but you should write your code as though it is going to be read by someone who has not seen a solution to the project before, and is trying to understand how you solved the problem. Code is read more often than it is written.
