calling class/static method from class variable in python

Question

I\'m trying to make a ImageLoader class handle the loading and processing of image resources like this:

class ImageLoader:
    TileTable = __loadTileTable(\'         


        

Answer 1

Answering just the updated question, what you would do in Python is make TileTable a variable called tile_table in a module called imageloader. There is no reason at all to put any of this inside a class.

So then you get:

module1.py

import imageloader
aTile = imageloader.tile_table[1]

module2.py

import imageloader
anotherTile = imageloader.tile_table[2]

and imageload.py looks something like:

def _loadTileTable(arg1, arg2):
    pass # blah blah
tile_table = _loadTileTable('image path', other_var)

Think of a Python module as a singleton instance in other languages (which in fact it is) and you'll be able to reconcile this with any OO preconceptions you inherited from other languages.