member functions in a class

[Gary Herron]

Karl Kobata wrote:
>
> I am new to python and am wondering. When I create a class, with ‘def’ 
> functions and if this class is instantiated say 50 times. Does this 
> mean that all the ‘def’ functions code within the class is duplicated 
> for each instance?
>
> Can someone give me a short and simple answer as to what happens in 
> python?
>
> Thanks
>

No code is duplicated. 50 "objects" are created. Each object has its own 
copy of the data attributes, and a reference to the (one and only) class 
object where the method attributes are located.

That's a short answer. Perhaps too short?

Gary Herron

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