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henry jefferson
2,136 PointsIs this an instance?
In making the class Game() we make a list called monsters , which looks like this: self.monsters = [ Troll(), Goblin(), Dragon() ] . Later we then go on to .pop() one out of the list and assign it to self.monster. The question really is, can a list be an instance? Is Monsters an instance or is it just a list and the real instance when we .pop one of the list out and assign it to self.monster?
Many Thanks
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Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 PointsThe short answer is an instance is an instantiation of an object. Instances as independent of each other.
So Troll is the class, Troll() returns an instance of Troll.
self.monsters Is an instance of a list with three elements, each of which are instances of their respective monster classes.
Post back if you need more clarification.