From: Randy Kramer Date: 2005-03-16T00:45:08+09:00 Subject: Re: [newby] class variables and class instance variable? Oops, I need to correct myself: On Tuesday 15 March 2005 10:39 am, you wrote: > If you use class and instance variables "properly", you can achieve the > following result, which can be very useful in some cases. Note that > instance variables in the dog and cat class count the dogs and cats In the previous line, it would have been more clear (and correct ;-) to say "in the dog and cat *instances* (of the animal class)" > respectively, while the class variable (in the animal class) counts the > animals (i.e., dogs + cats): Randy Kramer