X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/~mdw/sod/blobdiff_plain/4b8e5c0347115ff30841f1d1e71afe59ecb6c82c..91d9ba3cb6ed57640dc29c2b2e73bb89e2628484:/src/class-make-impl.lisp

diff --git a/src/class-make-impl.lisp b/src/class-make-impl.lisp
index 878f813..f7231ef 100644
--- a/src/class-make-impl.lisp
+++ b/src/class-make-impl.lisp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 ;;;----- Licensing notice ---------------------------------------------------
 ;;;
-;;; This file is part of the Sensble Object Design, an object system for C.
+;;; This file is part of the Sensible Object Design, an object system for C.
 ;;;
 ;;; SOD is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 ;;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -28,20 +28,6 @@
 ;;;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ;;; Classes.
 
-(defmethod guess-metaclass ((class sod-class))
-  "Default metaclass-guessing function for classes.
-
-   Return the most specific metaclass of any of the CLASS's direct
-   superclasses."
-  (do ((supers (sod-class-direct-superclasses class) (cdr supers))
-       (meta nil (let ((candidate (sod-class-metaclass (car supers))))
-		   (cond ((null meta) candidate)
-			 ((sod-subclass-p meta candidate) meta)
-			 ((sod-subclass-p candidate meta) candidate)
-			 (t (error "Unable to choose metaclass for `~A'"
-				   class))))))
-      ((endp supers) meta)))
-
 (defmethod shared-initialize :after ((class sod-class) slot-names &key pset)
   "Specific behaviour for SOD class initialization.
 
@@ -63,10 +49,11 @@
       (pset :nick :id)
     (string-downcase (slot-value class 'name)))
 
-  ;; If no metaclass, guess one in a (Lisp) class-specific way.
+  ;; Set the metaclass if the appropriate property has been provided;
+  ;; otherwise leave it unbound for now, and we'll sort out the mess during
+  ;; finalization.
   (default-slot-from-property (class 'metaclass slot-names)
-      (pset :metaclass :id meta (find-sod-class meta))
-    (guess-metaclass class))
+      (pset :metaclass :id meta (find-sod-class meta)))
 
   ;; If no chain-link, then start a new chain here.
   (default-slot-from-property (class 'chain-link slot-names)