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Re: member functions in a class

Karl Kobata wrote:
>
I am new to python and am wondering. When I create a class, with ‘def’
functions and if this class is instantiated say 50 times. Does this
mean that all the ‘def’ functions code within the class is duplicated
for each instance?

Can someone give me a short and simple answer as to what happens in
python?

Thanks
No code is duplicated. 50 "objects" are created. Each object has its own
copy of the data attributes, and a reference to the (one and only) class
object where the method attributes are located.

That's a short answer. Perhaps too short?

Gary Herron
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