Re: Derived class and deepcopy

2005-02-17 Thread Fredrik Lundh
Philip Smith wrote: > In the given example I want to apply deepcopy() to the Matrix instance (on > initialisation) to > ensure that the list part is not affected by subsequent changes to the > initialising list or Matrix > but this gives me a string of errors (some of which imply I'm trying to

Derived class and deepcopy

2005-02-16 Thread Philip Smith
Hi If I derive a class (eg Matrix) from list I presume this implies the classic OOP 'is a' relation between the derived and super class. I therefore presume I can use a derived class in any context that I can use the superclass. In the given example I want to apply deepcopy() to the Matrix ins