Question

I’m developing a big scientific computation program in C++ and I have many functions that perform some mathematical magic on the data set I import to the system. I’ve implemented all these functions inside a class, say Mathematics_core, but my gut says that coding classes that big is not a good idea.

However to make code readable and maintainable I’m also implementing centralized logging and will implement other all-encompassing infrastructure as needed.

Is it a good idea to encapsulate a toolbox as a class or is it better to keep them different, small functions.

Thanks a lot!

Answer 1

If they all work on the same set of private state (e.g. the first parameter of every function is data&) then a class may be appropriate.

Otherwise, keep them free functions. Use a namespace to group them together.