On 07/26/2010 11:52 PM, Peng Yu wrote: > Hi > > I'm still kind of confused about the terminology on classes in python. > > Could you please let me know what the equivalent terms for the > following C++ terms? > > constructor
constructor. This consists of the class constructor method, __new__, and of the instance initialization method, __init__ In practice, __init__ is really "the constructor". http://docs.python.org/py3k/reference/datamodel.html#object.__new__ > destructor destructor. http://docs.python.org/py3k/reference/datamodel.html#object.__del__ > member function method. Look for "instance method" below <URL:http://docs.python.org/py3k/reference/datamodel.html#the-standard-type-hierarchy> > member variable attribute, instance attribute, instance variable. > virtual member function all methods are virtual. > function function. > I think that C++ "function" is equivalent to python "function" and C++ > "member function" is equivalent to python "method". But I couldn't > locate where the original definitions of the corresponding python > terms in the manual as these term appear many times. Could you please > point me where to look for the definition of these python > corresponding terms? http://docs.python.org/py3k/reference/datamodel.html should answer all your questions. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
