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cypherkronis · Jun 30th, 2005, 5:53 PM

i was wondering, if i have a constructor for an object such as

def __init__(self, ObjectB)

when i pass ObjectB to the new object instance, is it copied or referenced. because what i want is for this new object to have direct access to ObjectB. am i accomplishing this? cuz it seems not. its sort of wierd. thanks.

Cerulean · Jun 30th, 2005, 7:38 PM

It depends what type ObjectB is. Is it a string, integer, floating point number, or boolean? If so, it will get copied, and not referenced. Else it should be referenced.

Jun 30th, 2005, 5:53 PM	#1
cypherkronis Newbie Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 12 Rep Power: 0	references passed through parameters, do they copy the object or reference the orig? i was wondering, if i have a constructor for an object such as (Toggle Plain Text) def __init__(self, ObjectB) def __init__(self, ObjectB) when i pass ObjectB to the new object instance, is it copied or referenced. because what i want is for this new object to have direct access to ObjectB. am i accomplishing this? cuz it seems not. its sort of wierd. thanks.

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Jun 30th, 2005, 7:38 PM	#2
Cerulean Professional Programmer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London, England Posts: 459 Rep Power: 4	It depends what type ObjectB is. Is it a string, integer, floating point number, or boolean? If so, it will get copied, and not referenced. Else it should be referenced.

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