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0 pointsuryga5y ago0 comments

right, but doesn't that contradict this:

> "in Copper, variables only store functions"

because here, `x` clearly stores an object... is this about the whole "object-function" thing where Copper doesn't really distinguish the two?

(btw i'm sure this is explained in the docs... but maybe this'll help folks like me who often just read the comments)

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nercht125y ago

Copper does not distinguish between function and object. An object-function has two parts: the member part and the executable body. In C++, it's analogous to:

class FunctionObject {

FunctionObject* members[];

void* operator() { /* executable body */ }

};

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