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<A NAME="initialize-instance"></I></B><I>Standard Generic Function <B>INITIALIZE-INSTANCE</A> <P>
<P><B>Syntax:</B><P>
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<B>initialize-instance</B> <I>instance <TT>&rest</TT> initargs <TT>&key</TT> <TT>&allow-other-keys</TT></I> => <I>instance</I><P>
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<P><B>Method Signatures:</B><P>
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<B>initialize-instance</B> <I>(<I>instance</I><B> <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="t_std_ob.htm#standard-object">standard-object</A></B>) <TT>&rest</TT> initargs</I><P>
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<P><B>Arguments and Values:</B><P>
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<I>instance</I>---an <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_o.htm#object"></I><I>object</A>. <P>
<I>initargs</I>---a <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_d.htm#defaulted_initialization_argument_list"></I><I>defaulted initialization argument list</A>. <P>
<P><B>Description:</B><P>
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Called by <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="f_mk_ins.htm#make-instance"></B><B>make-instance</A> to initialize a newly created <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_i.htm#instance"></I><I>instance</A>. The generic function is called with the new <I>instance</I> and the <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_d.htm#defaulted_initialization_argument_list"></I><I>defaulted initialization argument list</A>. <P>
The system-supplied primary <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_m.htm#method"></I><I>method</A> on <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="#initialize-instance"></B><B>initialize-instance</A> initializes the <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_s.htm#slot"></I><I>slots</A> of the <I>instance</I> with values according to the <I>initargs</I> and the <TT>:initform</TT> forms of the <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_s.htm#slot"></I><I>slots</A>. It does this by calling the generic function <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="f_shared.htm#shared-initialize"></B><B>shared-initialize</A> with the following arguments: the <I>instance</I>, <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="a_t.htm#t"></B><B>t</A> (this indicates that all <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_s.htm#slot"></I><I>slots</A> for which no initialization arguments are provided should be initialized according to their <TT>:initform</TT> forms), and the <I>initargs</I>. <P>
Programmers can define <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_m.htm#method"></I><I>methods</A> for <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="#initialize-instance"></B><B>initialize-instance</A> to specify actions to be taken when an instance is initialized. If only <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_a.htm#after_method"></I><I>after methods</A> are defined, they will be run after the system-supplied primary <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_m.htm#method"></I><I>method</A> for initialization and therefore will not interfere with the default behavior of <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="#initialize-instance"></B><B>initialize-instance</A>. <P>
<P><B>Examples:</B> None.
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<P><B>Affected By:</B> None.
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<P><B>Exceptional Situations:</B> None.
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<P><B>See Also:</B><P>
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<A REL=DEFINITION HREF="f_shared.htm#shared-initialize"></B><B>shared-initialize</A>, <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="f_mk_ins.htm#make-instance"></B><B>make-instance</A>, <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="f_slt_bo.htm#slot-boundp"></B><B>slot-boundp</A>, <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="f_slt_ma.htm#slot-makunbound"></B><B>slot-makunbound</A>, <A REL=CHILD HREF="07_a.htm">Section 7.1 (Object Creation and Initialization)</A>, <A REL=CHILD HREF="07_ad.htm">Section 7.1.4 (Rules for Initialization Arguments)</A>, <A REL=CHILD HREF="07_ab.htm">Section 7.1.2 (Declaring the Validity of Initialization Arguments)</A> <P>
<P><B>Notes:</B> None.
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