Re: Entity and Identity

On Jul 21, 1:47 am, Brian <br..._at_selzer-software.com> wrote:

> First, it doesn't matter if objects can conceal part of their states
> provided that the references to those objects can be used to
> distinguish between them, and second, if two objects are identical in
> state, then they cannot differ in location, for that would constitute
> a difference in state.

When you say 'object' do you mean in the OO sense? Usually the OO community use 'object' to mean an identifiable state machine located at some address and don't regard the location to be part of its state. Furthermore usually the identity of an object is determined *only* by its location and has nothing at all to do with its current state. Received on Tue Jul 21 2009 - 11:04:34 CEST