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| 7.7.4  reinitialize-instance | Standard Generic Function |  
 Syntax:
reinitialize-instance
instance &rest initargs &key &allow-other-keys
   instance 
 
Method Signatures:
reinitialize-instance
(instance standard-object) &rest initargs
Arguments and Values:
instance - an object.
initargs - an initialization argument list.
 
Description:
The generic function reinitialize-instance can be used to change
the values of local slots of an instance according to 
initargs.
This generic function can be called by users.
The system-supplied primary method for reinitialize-instance
checks the validity of initargs and signals an error if
an initarg is supplied that is not declared as valid.
The method then calls the generic function shared-initialize
with the following arguments:  the instance, 
nil (which means no slots
should be initialized according to their initforms), and the
initargs it received.
 
Side Effects:
The generic function reinitialize-instance changes the values of local slots.
Exceptional Situations:
The system-supplied primary method for reinitialize-instance
signals an error if an initarg is supplied that is not declared as valid.
See Also:
initialize-instance,
shared-initialize,
update-instance-for-redefined-class,
update-instance-for-different-class,
slot-boundp,
slot-makunbound,
Section 7.3 Reinitializing an Instance,
Section 7.1.4 Rules for Initialization Arguments,
Section 7.1.2 Declaring the Validity of Initialization Arguments
Notes:
Initargs are declared as valid by using the
:initarg option to defclass, or by defining 
methods for reinitialize-instance
or shared-initialize.  The keyword name
of each keyword parameter specifier in the lambda list of any 
method
defined on reinitialize-instance or shared-initialize is
declared as a valid initialization argument name for all 
classes for
which that method is applicable.
Allegro CL Implementation Details:
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