creating new objects with references to them

[Steve Holden]

JohnJSal wrote:
> JohnJSal wrote:
> 
> 
>>Hope that makes sense. It seems like such a common task.
> 
> 
> Ok, I'm thinking about the suggestion to make a list, but I'm still
> confused. Even with a list, how do I access each instance. Would I have
> to do it by index? I assume I'd do something like this:
> 
> self.records = []    # list for storing instances
> 
> Then when "New Record" is clicked:
> 
> def OnNewRecord(self, event):
>     self.records.append(Researchers())
> 
> But now what? There is still no reference to that instance? The only
> thing I can think of is that each record will be a tab in a wxPython
> notebook control, and each tab can be referenced by index. So whichever
> tab I'm on, I can use that index to get that particular instance in the
> list.
> 
> But this solution seems too tied to my particular implementation. How
> would you normally access these instances in the list?
> 
> Let's say there are three objects in the list. Someone fills out the
> text fields for the second one and clicks "Save". I know how to read
> all the information in the fields, but how do I then associate it with
> that second instance?
> 
> (Or I wonder if I really even need to, since upon saving, the
> information gets stored in the database immediately. Maybe I don't even
> need a Researcher class at all.)
> 
How about having a list of tuples: (record, window). Each window has to 
"know" which item it's editing.

regards
  Steve
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