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On 12/28/2012 1:29 PM, Verde Denim wrote:
> On 12/27/2012 09:32 PM, alex23 wrote:
>> On Dec 28, 11:20 am, Verde Denim <tdl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Just getting into Py coding and not understanding why this code doesn't
>>> seem to do anything -
>>
>> Is that the sum total of your code? You're not showing any
>> instantiation of your classes.
> Yes, as a matter of fact, it is the example verbatim from the tutorial
> pages that I found. Apparently, it isn't the best example...

Let us say that it was an example of how to write classes, with usage 
left as an exercise for the reader ;-)

--
Terry Jan Reedy