Pygame Groups

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Example. You could do something like this.

class SOGroup:
    group_background = pygame.sprite.Group()
    group_zplanes = pygame.sprite.Group()
    group_interface = pygame.sprite.Group()
    group_overlay = pygame.sprite.Group()

    @classmethod
    def add_background(cls, item):
        cls.group_background.add(item)

    @classmethod
    def add_zplanes(cls, item):
        cls.group_zplanes.add(item)

    #etc

    @classmethod
    def draw(cls, surface):
        cls.group_background.draw(surface)
        cls.group_zplanes.draw(surface)
        cls.group_interface.draw(surface)
        cls.group_overlay.draw(surface)

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Example. Or you could do this.

from enum import Enum

Group = Enum('Group', 'background, zplanes, interface, overlay')
class SOGroup:
    groups = {
        Group.background: pygame.sprite.Group(),
        Group.zplanes: pygame.sprite.Group(),
        Group.interface: pygame.sprite.Group(),
        Group.overlay: pygame.sprite.Group(),
        }

    @classmethod
    def add(cls, group, item):
        cls.groups[group].add(item)

    @classmethod
    def draw(cls, surface):
        cls.groups[Group.background].draw(surface)
        cls.groups[Group.zplanes].draw(surface)
        cls.groups[Group.interface].draw(surface)
        cls.groups[Group.overlay].draw(surface)

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Example. Or this

class SOGroup:
    groups = {
        'Background': pygame.sprite.Group(),
        'ZPlanes': pygame.sprite.Group(),
        'Interface': pygame.sprite.Group(),
        'Overlay': pygame.sprite.Group(),
        }

    @classmethod
    def add(cls, group, item):
        cls.groups[group].add(item)

    @classmethod
    def draw(cls, surface):
        cls.groups['Background'].draw(surface)
        cls.groups['Zplanes'].draw(surface)
        cls.groups['Interface'].draw(surface)
        cls.groups['Overlay'].draw(surface)