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copied!<p>I have narrowed your issue down to:</p> <blockquote> <p>With Python I have to remake that array each time I import the relevant data file</p> </blockquote> <p>Well you have two choices really, the first and easiest is to keep the structure in memory. That way (just like PHP) you can in theory access it from "anywhere", you are slightly limited by namespacing, but that is for your own good. It would translate as "anywhere you would like to".</p> <p>The second choice is to have some data abstraction (like a database, or data file as you have) which stores and you retrieve data from this. This may be better than the first choice, as you might have far too much data to fit in memory at once. Again the way of getting this data will be available "anywhere" just like PHP.</p> <p>You can either pass these things directly to instances in an explicit way, or you can use module-level globals and import them into places where you need them, as you go on to say:</p> <blockquote> <p>and the way that I've kept the data in one place is to pass each of my classes an instance to my logging list</p> </blockquote> <p>I can assure you that this is not a hack. It's quite reasonable, depending on the use, eg a config object can be used in the same way, as you may want to test your application with simultaneous different configs. Logging might be better suited as a module-level global that is just imported and called, as you probably only ever want one way of logging, but again, it depends on your requirements.</p> <p>I guess to sum up, you really are on the right track. Try not to give in to that "hackish" smell especially when using languages you are not altogether familiar with. A hack in one language might be the gold-standard in another. And of course, best of luck with your project - it sounds fun.</p>

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