[PD] Object vs Class

Martin martin.peach at sympatico.ca
Tue Dec 14 16:51:15 CET 2010


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".

Martin




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