RE: Python - Getting Imports Working
- From: "Sina Bahram" <sbahram@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:25:43 -0500
True: this is really a semantics versus pragmatics argument. The semantics
of the statement could b interpretted a few ways, depending on how strict
one adhears to the syntax of the language and what that means in terms of
semantics, but the pragmatics of the situation are such that it really
doesn't matter.
Take care,
Sina
-----Original Message-----
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamal Mazrui
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 10:25 AM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Python - Getting Imports Working
If the word "instantiate" means "create an instance of," then I agree that,
technically, the phrase "instantiate an object" would not be correct, since
one creates an instance of a class rather than an object.
It is common, however, to speak of "instantiating an object," including
within technical books and official documentation. This is because the
English language (or any natural language) is often used in a less precise
way to communicate in a manner that is efficient in the context without loss
of meaning.
Jamal
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Fri, 28 Dec 2007, Sina Bahram wrote:
> Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 07:34:17 -0500
> From: Sina Bahram <sbahram@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Python - Getting Imports Working
>
> A class can be instantiated, but an object is an istanciation ... to
> get technical about it. An object can not be istanciated. More simply
> put, an instance can not be made of an object, since it is an instance of
a class.
>
> Take care,
> Sina
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamal
> Mazrui
> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 7:31 AM
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Python - Getting Imports Working
>
> Regarding the wording issue, an object is an instance of a class. I
> think it is acceptable to say either instantiate a class or
> instantiate an object, since the former is referring to what is being
> instantiated and the latter is referring to what has become
> instantiated. The latter is more common because one can then
> naturally refer to "the object" in subsequent sentences (the object rather
than class is then the primary concern).
>
> Jamal
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