getstate

Get state of simple object returns any data that is held by the object. As most objects are composed of subobjects, this could be a whole tree of sets. At the final nodes, the object that only has functions, reveals a datum: the color of which the object is associated.

The simplest object is composed of functions for all of its four methods. A function has no color, only a name.

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See also:

• datum

Theory: There are two ways to handle this "violation" of object privacy. Tax the inquirier and give a small micropayment to the object's Owner (not creator) or obfuscate it with color data, rather than actual data by the OS, perhaps asking permission from the Owner.