Living without static member functions

[Mikael Olofsson]

On 24-Jan-00 Sami Hangaslammi wrote:
 >  Mikael Olofsson <mikael at isy.liu.se> wrote in message
 >  news:XFMail.000124133458.mikael at isy.liu.se...
 >  
 >  <snip>
 >  
 > > a=Milkman('Mikael')
 > > b=Milkman('David')
 > > a=Milkman('Mattias')
 > >
 > > then allMilkmen would be
 > >
 > > {'Mikael': <__main__.Milkman instance at e0f68>,
 > > 'David': <__main__.Milkman instance at e0de8>,
 > > 'Mattias': <__main__.Milkman instance at e0aa0>}
 > >
 > > Hence, allMilkmen still keeps a reference to the first instance
 > > (Mikael), which has been replace by the third (Mattias).
 >  
 >  Because objects use reference semantics, Mattias does NOT replace
 >  Mikael. The only thing changed is the local variable 'a' which now
 >  referes to another object. 

Which was exactly what I meant. 

/Mikael

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