I have a class in python that is instantiated from the values of a (json) config file. I was wondering what is the best practise to do that (if there is a best practise and is not just a matter of personal preference).
- I call a read_config function (which is defined outside the class) in my main, that parses my configuration file and returns the configuration as a dictionary. Then, I instantiate the class using this dictionary.
or
- I instantiate the class by giving the configuration file name. In my class there is the read_config method that sets my instance variables.
In the first method I find positive that I am a little bit more flexible from where I get my config data. It could be a file, or even a hard-coded dictionary. Is there any software design rule that should be followed or it really doesn't matter?