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DaWei · Sep 27th, 2005, 7:10 PM

Ahhhhh, I DID misunderstand the question.... The method gets passed an invisible pointer to the actual object; that's how it KNOWS which collection of members to use. Or, to put it another way, that's how it KNOWS which object it belongs to (and thus has access to).

Sep 27th, 2005, 7:10 PM	#4
DaWei Resident Grouch Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,453 Rep Power: 10	Ahhhhh, I DID misunderstand the question.... The method gets passed an invisible pointer to the actual object; that's how it KNOWS which collection of members to use. Or, to put it another way, that's how it KNOWS which object it belongs to (and thus has access to). __________________ Abstraction doesn't make it impossible to write bad code; it makes it possible to write superior code. Contributor's Corner: Grumpy on C++ Exceptions DaWei on Pointers