allocate-instance class {&rest initargs {&key} {&allow-other-keys}} => new-instance
allocate-instance (class standard-class) {&rest initargs}
allocate-instance (class structure-class) {&rest initargs}
class---a class.
initargs---a list of keyword/value pairs (initialization argument names and values).
new-instance---an object whose class is class.
The generic function allocate-instance creates and returns a new instance of the class, without initializing it. When the class is a standard class, this means that the slots are unbound; when the class is a structure class, this means the slots' values are unspecified.
The caller of allocate-instance is expected to have already checked the initialization arguments.
The generic function allocate-instance is called by make-instance, as described in section Object Creation and Initialization.
section defclass [Macro] , section make-instance [Standard Generic Function] , section class-of [Function] , section Object Creation and Initialization
The consequences of adding methods to allocate-instance is unspecified. This capability might be added by the Metaobject Protocol.
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