I've /never/ been fond of OOP, but if I'm to continue with Pike, I figure I should at least try to understand Pike's very of OOP.
From: https://pike.lysator.liu.se/docs/tut/oop/creation_and_usage.md [quote] Creating and Using Objects Assuming that we have the class animal, we can define some variables that can be used to store animals. Remember that the class is also a data type. We can also create some animals to put in those variables. To create an animal, we use the syntax *classname*(), i e the name of the class followed by a pair of parentheses. animal some_animal; some_animal = animal(); animal my_dog = animal(); [/quote] The three statements are confusing to me. So a class called "animal" has been created and exists! OK .. "animal some_animal;" ?? Are we cloning the class here to create an object? "some_animal = animal(); ?? So what's this than? "animal my_dog = animal(); ?? It seems to me that this should be the cloning statement to create a particular object of the animal class? It's all a bloody muddle to me. I'm sure that I must be reading it wrongly. -- Duke ** Text only please. Bottom post is best for me **
