Passing arguments by value...

Thu Feb 24 14:58:45 EST 2000

I'm working on a set of HTML Layout classes for CGI programming
in Python and have stumbled upon a small problem...

The sample code below should be self explanitory...

#begin python code
html = body.Body()

font1 = tags.Font(4, "Arial", "#FF0000")
font1.addText(string.strip("""
	Some text would go in here.
"""))

html.addElement(font)

font1.clearText()
font1.addText(string.strip("""
	Some other text here.
"""))

print "<HTML>" + str(html) + "</HTML>"
#end python code

After I create the font1 object and set it's properties, I add it
to the html object. Then, I change the text and add it again to
the html object. What I get as the output is...

#Begin HTML here
<HTML>
<body>
<font size=1 face="Arial" color="#FF0000">
Some other text here.
</font>

<font size=1 face="Arial" color="#FF0000">
Some other text here.
</font>
</HTML>
#End HTML here

Is there a way to copy the font object or pass it by value rather
than reference to the addElement() function?

Thank you,

John F. Brainard Jr.
johnbrainard at stny.rr.com