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objref ref

proc p() {
  objref ref
}

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begintemplate Hiddenobject
  public p, test
  objref ref, null  // these will be private

  proc p() { local i
    // let's do something we can test later
    ref = new List()
    for i=0,$1-1 ref.append(new Vector())
  }

  proc test() { local i
    print "ref is ", ref
    if (ref!=null) {
      print "its members are"
      for i=0,ref.count()-1 print i, ref.object(i)
    }
  }
endtemplate Hiddenobject

objref foo
foo = new Hiddenobject()

print " "
print "Before calling foo.p(3)"
foo.test()
print " "

foo.p(3)
print " "

print "After calling foo.p(3)"
foo.test()

print " "
print "Now convince yourself that ref is hidden"
print "by typing ref or foo.ref at the oc> prompt."

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objref s
s = new String("I am global!")

proc foo1(){ localobj s 
  s = new String("I am local!") 
  print s.s
}

proc foo2(){ 
  print s.s
}

foo1()
foo2()

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20:29:53 xxw@alots:~/nrn/lgntc$ nrniv
NEURON -- Version 5.8 2005-10-14 12:36:20 Main (88)
by John W. Moore, Michael Hines, and Ted Carnevale
Duke and Yale University -- Copyright 1984-2005

oc>objref s
oc>s = new String("I am global!")
nrniv: String is not a template
 near line 2
 s = new String("I am global!")