7. Classes and Object-Oriented Programming
Classes are the mechanism used to create new kinds of objects. This chapter covers the details of classes, but is not intended to be an in-depth reference on object-oriented programming and design. It’s assumed that the reader has some prior experience with data structures and object-oriented programming in other languages such as C or Java. (Chapter 3, “Types and Objects,” contains additional information about the terminology and internal implementation of objects.)
The class Statement
A class defines a set of attributes that are associated with, and shared by, a collection of objects known as instances. A class is most commonly a collection of functions (known as methods), variables (which are known ...
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