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Nobject - Number of Objects in class   

Description:
This attribute gives the total number of Objects currently in existence in the same class as the Object whose attribute value is requested. This count does not include Objects which belong to derived (more specialised) classes.

This attribute is mainly intended for debugging. It can be used to detect whether Objects which should have been deleted have, in fact, been deleted.

Type:
Integer, read-only.

Class Applicability:
Object
All Objects have this attribute.



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AST A Library for Handling World Coordinate Systems in Astronomy
Starlink User Note 210
R.F. Warren-Smith & D.S. Berry
30th April 2003
E-mail:ussc@star.rl.ac.uk

Copyright (C) 2003 Central Laboratory of the Research Councils