Local variables in classes and class instantiation

[Gabriel Genellina]

En Sun, 23 Dec 2007 08:05:18 -0300, Peter Otten <__peter__ at web.de>  
escribió:

>> Still, when I execute all three methods, I get two instances that are
>> equal and the third is different.
>> Is there some circomstance that makes two object creations result in the
>> same object?
>>
>> ============================================================= output
>> Output from the (test)program is:
>> cpu class = <cpu.CPU instance at 0x8244eec>
>> .cpu class = <cpu.CPU instance at 0x8244eec>
>> .cpu class = <cpu.CPU instance at 0x8244f0c>
>> .
>
> That two instances of CPU print the same "at 0x..." representation  
> doesn't
> mean they are the same object, they may just be located at the same
> location in memory. For that to happen it is neccessary (but not
> sufficient) for the first instance to be garbage-collected.

One way to avoid such ambiguity is to ensure that all three objects are  
alive at the same time; by example, inserting them into some global list.

-- 
Gabriel Genellina