Generic Function
COMPUTE-SLOTS
Syntax:
compute-slots
class => effective-slot-definitions
Arguments and values:
class -- A class metaobject.
effective-slot-definitions --
A list of effective slot definition metaobjects.
Description:
This generic function computes a set of effective slot definition
metaobjects for the class class. The result is a list of
effective slot definition metaobjects: one for each slot that will be
accessible in instances of class.
This generic function proceeds in 3 steps:
- The first step collects the full set of direct slot definitions from the
superclasses of class.
- The direct slot definitions are then collected into individual
lists, one list for each slot name associated with any of the
direct slot definitions. The slot names are compared with
eql. Each such list is then sorted into class precedence list
order. Direct slot definitions coming from classes earlier in the
class precedence list of class appear before those coming
from classes later in the class precedence list. For each slot
name, the generic function
compute-effective-slot-definition
is called to compute an effective slot definition. The result of
compute-slots is a list of these
effective slot definitions, in unspecified order.
- In the final step, the location for each effective slot
definition is set. This is done by specified around-methods;
portable methods cannot take over this behavior. For more
information on the slot definition locations, see the section
``Instance Structure Protocol.''
Methods: