Steve wrote:
> <snip>
>> So, if I'm reading that right, you're saying that "self" and "parent"
>> always refer to the same instance of the class, regardless of what
>> instance they're used from.
>>
>
> no, i'm saying that even static singletons have instances
I thought a singleton _was_ an instance. In fact, a singleton is
intended to be the _only_ instance of a class. Isn't that why they call
them singletons?

What, then, is a static singleton?
> ...where 'self' and
> 'parent' are how you reference the class or its parent. non-singletons
> wouldn't be of much use if they *didn't* refer to their respective, multiple
> instances...they'd of course be, well, singletons.
>
A non-singleton is just another instance, but instances don't have
instances so I don't understand your comment, ".. non-singletons
wouldn't be of much use if they *didn't* refer to their respective,
multiple instances.."

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