Re: object instance names generated on the fly?
Re: object instance names generated on the fly?
- Subject: Re: object instance names generated on the fly?
- From: Ben Dougall <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2003 13:43:05 +0000
On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 12:08 pm, Marcel Weiher wrote:
On Friday, March 21, 2003, at 11:02 Uhr, Ben Dougall wrote:
not way off, but yeah, a bit off. not the names of variables, but the
names of objects - in a variable fashion.
myObject0
myObject1
myObject2
...
Objects do not have names. Variables have names.
i corrected myself on this with a follow up email:
"i realised after i'd sent this - object instance names are variables.
pointer variables."
different instances of the same object
No such thing. You can have different instances of a class (instances
are objects).
yes, i'm meaning instances of a class there.
but using names that have been derived on the fly, and on the fly
requires variables.
Variables names are for refering to the objects during compilation.
At runtime, variable names get turned into machine addresses. So I
think you are thinking of something else.
Care to tell us what?
objects? do you mean classes or instances there?
no i am not thinking of something else. my point is that the number of
and the names of the object instances that i wish to use during runtime
is unknown at compilation. hence why i'm asking for object instance
variable names. i've already written several emails - read those, and
if what i want still isn't clear (which i'm not saying is unlikely -
far from it - i realise that it may still not be clear) but there's no
point in me repeating all that. i get the feeling you haven't seen the
previous mails.
thanks.
Regards,
Marcel
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Marcel Weiher Metaobject Software Technologies
email@hidden www.metaobject.com
Metaprogramming for the Graphic Arts. HOM, IDEAs, MetaAd etc.
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