make-instance [Standard Generic Function]

Syntax::

make-instance class {&rest initargs {&key} {&allow-other-keys}} => instance

Method Signatures::

make-instance (class standard-class) {&rest initargs}

make-instance (class symbol) {&rest initargs}

Arguments and Values::

class---a class, or a symbol that names a class.

initargs---an initialization argument list.

instance---a fresh instance of class class.

Description::

The generic function make-instance creates and returns a new instance of the given class.

If the second of the above methods is selected, that method invokes make-instance on the arguments (find-class class) and initargs.

The initialization arguments are checked within make-instance.

The generic function make-instance may be used as described in section Object Creation and Initialization.

Exceptional Situations::

If any of the initialization arguments has not been declared as valid, an error of type error is signaled.

See Also::

section defclass [Macro] , section class-of [Function] , section allocate-instance [Standard Generic Function] , section Initialize-Instance , section Object Creation and Initialization

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