Python gives you packages for domains as large as "time". You would create a directory (for the uninitiated: with an empty __init__.py file in it) and now that

Python gives you packages for domains as large as "time". You would create a directory (for the uninitiated: with an empty __init__.py file in it) and now that directory is a package. The files within it are modules. There would be a time package with a timezone module within. That module would have the Timezone class. The language has a feature -- a second level of scope -- that does need to be managed if used. You're right about that and it's a legitimate concern I suppose if it affects your throughput. I suppose to me it's a win because my Python code has fewer classes than say my php code because I'm able to make use of module scope to provide encapsulation for things that don't need to be a class.