Singleton class: what is the purpose?

[Simon Burton]

On Fri, 06 Jun 2003 01:49:42 +0000, Gordon Scott wrote:

> Is there any difference between the Borg and the Flyweight?  Sound like the
> same thing.
> 
> Gordo
> 

My take:

A Flyweight would be an instance shared, where there are many flyweights.
If there is only one flyweight then it's a singleton.

ints (and the other immutables) are flyweights in python.

Simon Burton.