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    "The problem I see with this approach is that the state of this class makes sense only internally, and can't do anything with its instances except call their only public method." You have articulated this as a problem, but not why you think it is. Commented Sep 12, 2015 at 15:07
  • @Patrick Maupin - You're right. And I don't really know, that's the problem. It just feels like I'm using classes for a thing for which something else should be used, and there are a lot of things in Python I haven't explored yet so I thought maybe someone would suggest something more suitable. Commented Sep 12, 2015 at 15:28
  • Maybe it's about being clear about what I'm trying to do. Like, I don't see anything particulary wrong with using ordinary classes in place of enums in Java, but still there are things for which enums are more natural. So this question is really about whether there's a more natural approach to what I'm trying to do. Commented Sep 12, 2015 at 15:30
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    possible duplicate of What is the real responsibility of a class? Commented Sep 12, 2015 at 16:05
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    If you just disperse your existing code into methods and instance variables and change nothing about its structure then you win nothing but lose clarity. (1) is a bad idea. Commented Sep 13, 2015 at 11:43