teamonkey - yes point taken, Blitz is alot more like Java, hence then OOP in likeness. Technically the example isnt memory managed, however the stack will clean itself up :-)
Okay with the pointer/reference thing, I am getting a little confused obviously by what is implemented. When an object is created is it assigned a hash key or some such, which then is used as a lookup to the memory it uses? Hence the need to New all user defined types? And builtin types are assigned directly to an object? The idea that an object and reference are the same thing holds true?
I guess my confusion has mainly come from thinking it as a C++ styled implementation - thinking Java has actually made alot more sense.
Thanks for the feedback Tigger and teamonkey, my head is actually alot clearer now :-) I apologise for my misunderstanding.. got it quite wrong.. <damn idiot I am>. I have been immersed in Symbian for the last 4 weeks, and I think I was starting to see everything in C++... :-)
Okay with the pointer/reference thing, I am getting a little confused obviously by what is implemented. When an object is created is it assigned a hash key or some such, which then is used as a lookup to the memory it uses? Hence the need to New all user defined types? And builtin types are assigned directly to an object? The idea that an object and reference are the same thing holds true?
I guess my confusion has mainly come from thinking it as a C++ styled implementation - thinking Java has actually made alot more sense.
Thanks for the feedback Tigger and teamonkey, my head is actually alot clearer now :-) I apologise for my misunderstanding.. got it quite wrong.. <damn idiot I am>. I have been immersed in Symbian for the last 4 weeks, and I think I was starting to see everything in C++... :-)