factor/library/generic/object.factor

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IN: generic
USE: errors
USE: hashtables
USE: kernel
USE: lists
USE: namespaces
USE: parser
USE: strings
USE: words
USE: vectors
USE: math

! Catch-all metaclass for providing a default method.
SYMBOL: object

object object "metaclass" set-word-property

object [
    drop num-types count
] "builtin-supertypes" set-word-property

object [
    ( vtable definition class -- )
    drop over vector-length [
        pick pick -rot set-vector-nth
    ] times* 2drop
] "add-method" set-word-property

object 100 "priority" set-word-property