[pro] When to use SLOT-VALUE...

[Ben Hyde]

On Dec 2, 2010, at 4:38 PM, David Owen wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Dec 2010, Ben Hyde wrote:
>> Anyhow.  Recall that with-slots expands to slot-value.  That leads
>> me to wonder.  Given that with-slots and slot-value are couple, why
>> haven't I observed analogous couple (with-fields and field-value
>> say) for accessors.
>
> Perhaps you are looking for WITH-ACCESSORS?

Indeed, I'm delighted to discover there is something in the language  
I've not used.  thanks!

Further I didn't know that setq turns into setf with the help of  
symbol macro.

What a fun embarrassment this is!  :)

thanks