kinda unsure when a top-level function / class / o...

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[Andrew Gazelka]

kinda unsure when a top-level function / class / object is most appropriate for doing things like ProjectEuler. Ideas? https://github.com/andrewgazelka/ProjectEuler/issues/2

[Andrew Gazelka]

btw ProjectEuler is similar to LeetCode

[Andrew Gazelka]

https://projecteuler.net

[pavel]

I would go with top level functions and move them to problemXX package

[Andrew Gazelka]

hmm wouldn't this tend to get cluttered iyo if I have 50 solve() functions but in different packages?

[Andrew Gazelka]

also, unfortunately there is no package scope in Kotlin so RIP 😕

[pavel]

yes, but you’d be importing the functions from a package

[pavel]

My general position is that classes and objects are for when you actually want to mix data and functions that operate on that data

[pavel]

since you don’t do that, you should be using top level functions

[Andrew Gazelka]

@pavel opinions? https://github.com/andrewgazelka/ProjectEuler/commit/d63daa34e22e7346f40f7479cbe7b2da31628917

[Andrew Gazelka]

kinda clumped some stuff in the commit which shouldn't be there btw

[Andrew Gazelka]

just look at Problem1*

[pavel]

👍

[pavel]

since you have a functional approach to solve the problem, having a functional structure makes sense