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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/lispref/functions.texi')
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diff --git a/doc/lispref/functions.texi b/doc/lispref/functions.texi index 2a9b57f19f3..64883bf0f63 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/functions.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/functions.texi @@ -1181,7 +1181,7 @@ This form defines a method like @code{cl-defmethod} does. @end table @end defmac -@defmac cl-defmethod name [qualifier] arguments [&context (expr spec)@dots{}] &rest [docstring] body +@defmac cl-defmethod name [extra] [qualifier] arguments [&context (expr spec)@dots{}] &rest [docstring] body This macro defines a particular implementation for the generic function called @var{name}. The implementation code is given by @var{body}. If present, @var{docstring} is the documentation string @@ -1267,6 +1267,10 @@ Parent type: @code{array}. @item font-object @end table +The optional @var{extra} element, expressed as @samp{:extra +@var{string}}, allows you to add more methods, distinguished by +@var{string}, for the same specializers and qualifiers. + The optional @var{qualifier} allows combining several applicable methods. If it is not present, the defined method is a @dfn{primary} method, responsible for providing the primary implementation of the @@ -1288,9 +1292,6 @@ This auxiliary method will run @emph{instead} of the primary method. The most specific of such methods will be run before any other method. Such methods normally use @code{cl-call-next-method}, described below, to invoke the other auxiliary or primary methods. -@item :extra @var{string} -This allows you to add more methods, distinguished by @var{string}, -for the same specializers and qualifiers. @end table Functions defined using @code{cl-defmethod} cannot be made |