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ANSI Common Lisp  7 Objects 7.7 Dictionary of Objects
| 7.7.36 initialize-instance |
Standard Generic Function |
- Syntax:
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initialize-instance
instance &rest initargs &key &allow-other-keys
 instance
- Method Signatures:
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initialize-instance
(instance standard-object) &rest initargs
- Arguments and Values:
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instance - an object.
initargs - a defaulted initialization argument list.
- Description:
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Called by make-instance to initialize a newly created instance.
The generic function is called with the new instance
and the defaulted initialization argument list.
The system-supplied primary method on initialize-instance
initializes the slots of the instance with values according
to the initargs and the :initform forms of the slots.
It does this by calling the generic function shared-initialize
with the following arguments: the instance, t (this indicates
that all slots for which no initialization arguments are provided
should be initialized according to their :initform forms), and
the initargs.
Programmers can define methods for initialize-instance to
specify actions to be taken when an instance is initialized. If only
after methods are defined, they will be run after the
system-supplied primary method for initialization and therefore will
not interfere with the default behavior of initialize-instance.
- See Also:
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shared-initialize,
make-instance,
slot-boundp,
slot-makunbound,
Section 7.1 Object Creation and Initialization,
Section 7.1.4 Rules for Initialization Arguments,
Section 7.1.2 Declaring the Validity of Initialization Arguments
- Allegro CL Implementation Details:
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None.
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