Art of Assembly Language, 1st Edition

14.4. 14.4 Objects

Remember, a class definition is just a type. Therefore, when you declare a class type you haven't created a variable whose fields you can manipulate. An object is an instance of a class; that is, an object is a variable that is some class type. You declare objects (i.e., class variables) the same way you declare other variables: in a var, static, or storage section.^[168] Here is a pair of sample object declarations:

^[168] Technically, you could also declare an object in a readonly section, but HLA does not allow you to define class constants, so there is little utility in declaring class objects in the readonly section.

var
     T1: TypicalClass;
     T2: TypicalClass;

For a given class object, HLA allocates storage for each variable appearing ...