[PD] Object vs Class

[Jamie Bullock]

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On 14 Dec 2010, at 15:51, Martin wrote:

> On 14/12/10 09:35 AM, Mathieu Bouchard wrote:
>> Either "object class" (or "objectclass") or "class" can do, as long as "object" is synonymous with "instance", and there's a separate word meaning "class" in one way or another.
>> 
> 
> Pd differs from C/python/lua etc. in that it's a graphical/visual language so I tend to think of the object as the thing that gets drawn on the screen by an instance of the class.
> So in Pd, "object" has a meaning distinct from "instance".
> 

No it doesn't. If you look at Miller's carefully-worded manual, he refers to what you are talking about (the graphical representation) as an "object box".

We have classes , objects (instances),  and object boxes (the graphical representation).  This makes it very clear:

http://www.crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/Pd_documentation/x2.htm#s1.2

Jamie