X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/~mdw/sod/blobdiff_plain/0a8f78ec333b8193d1155b5839aea67bb62cf480..f8a8e8ad68c3cac26b2c76c6d34becc6db01144e:/doc/misc.tex diff --git a/doc/misc.tex b/doc/misc.tex index 859ec51..4d80a5d 100644 --- a/doc/misc.tex +++ b/doc/misc.tex @@ -138,11 +138,11 @@ These locatives can't usefully be compared. It should be possible to compare true locatives, such that two locatives compare equal if and only if they refer to the same place; but that doesn't work for these locatives. -\begin{describe}{cls}{loc} +\begin{describe}{cls}{locative} The type of locative objects. \end{describe} -\begin{describe}{fun}{locp @ @> @} +\begin{describe}{fun}{locativep @ @> @} Return non-nil if and only if @ is a locative. \end{describe} @@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ refer to the same place; but that doesn't work for these locatives. An anaphoric macro implicitly binds a well-known name to a value of interest, in the course of doing something else. The concept was popularized by Paul -Graham \cite{FIXME:OnLisp}. +Graham \cite{graham-1993:on-lisp}. The macros described here all bind the variable @|it|. @@ -256,9 +256,16 @@ metaobject protocol. \begin{describe}{gf}{instance-initargs @ @> @} Return a fresh list of plausible initargs for the given @. - This is done by digging through the instance's class's slot definitions and - enquiring about their initargs. Initargs which are handled by methods on - @|shared-initialize| or similar generic functions won't be discovered. + The default method should work for most classes, but may be overridden to + cope with special effects. + + \begin{describe}{meth}{standard-object} + {instance-initargs (@ standard-object) @> @} + The default method works by digging through the instance's class's slot + definitions and enquiring about their initargs. Initargs which are + handled by methods on @|shared-initialize| or similar generic functions + won't be discovered. + \end{describe} \end{describe} \begin{describe*} @@ -275,18 +282,24 @@ metaobject protocol. that generic function. The default method on @|copy-instance-using-class| should work for most - classes, but may be overridden to cope with special effects. It works as - follows. - \begin{enumerate} - \item Allocate a fresh instance of @, using @|allocate-instance|. - \item For each slot defined by @, if that slot is bound in the - original instance, then set the corresponding slot in the new instance to - the same value. - \item Call @|shared-initialize| on the new instance, providing it the given - list of @, but inhibiting the usual initialization of slots - from their initforms. - \item Return the new instance. - \end{enumerate} + classes, but may be overridden to cope with special effects. + + \begin{describe}{meth}{standard-class} + {copy-instance-using-class \=(@ standard-class) @ \\ + \>\&rest initargs + \nlret @} + The default method works as follows. + \begin{enumerate} + \item Allocate a fresh instance of @, using @|allocate-instance|. + \item For each slot defined by @, if that slot is bound in the + original instance, then set the corresponding slot in the new instance + to the same value. + \item Call @|shared-initialize| on the new instance, providing it the + given list of @, but inhibiting the usual initialization of + slots from their initforms. + \item Return the new instance. + \end{enumerate} + \end{describe} \end{describe*} \begin{describe*}