[armedbear-devel] class-prototype

[Blake McBride]

Yes, there is in CLOS.  One would use meta-classes for that.
Unfortunately, ABCL does not currently (correctly) support
metaclasses.  Erik is working on that, partially for the exact
use-case you describe.

Blake McBride


On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Alan Ruttenberg
<alanruttenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for adding class-prototype. Unfortunately I realize that the
> specification doesn't guarantee the behavior I was looking for, so I
> though I would solicit advise.
>
> Basically I want to be able to access class-allocated slot values
> before I create any real instances. I thought I could grab the class
> prototype and do slot value on them, but according to the doc below
> initialize is not called, which I guess is when class-allocated slots
> are being set up.
>
> Is there a portable way of asking for the values of class slots absent
> the creation of at least one initialized instance?
>
> -Alan
>
>
> http://www.franz.com/support/documentation/8.2/doc/mop/dictionary.html#class-prototype
>
> Generic Function class-prototype class
>
> Returns a prototype instance of class. Whether the instance is
> initialized is not specified. The results are undefined if a portable
> program modifies the binding of any slot of prototype instance.
>
> This generic function signals an error if class has not been finalized.
>
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