Tuples cf. Expanded objects??
William Tanksley
William.Tanksley at p98.f112.n480.z2.fidonet.org
Sun Jul 4 17:35:43 EDT 1999
From: wtanksle at dolphin.openprojects.net (William Tanksley)
On Sun, 04 Jul 1999 22:11:55 +1000, Gary Stephenson wrote:
>William Tanksley wrote:
>> On Fri, 02 Jul 1999 22:10:46 +1000, Gary Stephenson wrote:
>> An instance of an immutable type may be created in expanded form.
>Yes, but can they also be created in an non-expanded form? If not, then
>there is more of a relationship that your message implies - yes?
Of course they can -- that's how Eiffel works by default and how Python
works no matter what.
I wonder whether you know what "expanded" form means, though. It means
that the object itself is stored in local storage, rather than a reference
to the object. Of course, it's obvious that location of storage has
little to do with immutability of type (although it can take a lot of work
to store certain mutable types in local storage).
>gary
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-William "Billy" Tanksley
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