add-method [Standard Generic Function]

Syntax::

add-method generic-function method => generic-function

Method Signatures::

add-method (generic-function standard-generic-function) (method method)

Arguments and Values::

generic-function---a generic function object.

method---a method object.

Description::

The generic function add-method adds a method to a generic function.

If method agrees with an existing method of generic-function on parameter specializers and qualifiers, the existing method is replaced.

Exceptional Situations::

The lambda list of the method function of method must be congruent with the lambda list of generic-function, or an error of type error is signaled.

If method is a method object of another generic function, an error of type error is signaled.

See Also::

section defmethod [Macro] , section defgeneric [Macro] , section find-method [Standard Generic Function] , section remove-method [Standard Generic Function] , section Agreement on Parameter Specializers and Qualifiers

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