Newbie: question regarding references and class relationships

[Rui Maciel]

Terry Jan Reedy wrote:

> Three answers:
> Look how much trouble it has already caused ;-)
> Since you are a self-declared newbie, believe us!
> Since, be definition, useless code can do no good, it can only cause
> trouble. Think about it.

I don't doubt that there might good reasons for that, but it is always 
preferable to get the rationale behind a decision to be able to understand 
how things work and how to do things properly.


Rui Maciel