more docs for classes

db4
Doug Coleman 2008-09-05 16:30:58 -05:00
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$nl
"Classes themselves form a class:"
{ $subsection class? }
"You can ask an object for its class:"
"You can ask an object for its class or superclass:"
{ $subsection class }
{ $subsection superclass }
{ $subsection superclasses }
"Testing if an object is an instance of a class:"
{ $subsection instance? }
"Class predicates can be used to test instances directly:"
@ -79,7 +81,27 @@ $low-level-note ;
HELP: superclass
{ $values { "class" class } { "super" class } }
{ $description "Outputs the superclass of a class. All instances of this class are also instances of the superclass." } ;
{ $description "Outputs the superclass of a class. All instances of this class are also instances of the superclass." }
{ $examples
{ $example "USING: classes prettyprint ;"
"t superclass ."
"word"
}
} ;
HELP: superclasses
{ $values
{ "class" class }
{ "supers" sequence } }
{ $description "Outputs a sequence of superclasses of a class along with the class itself." }
{ $examples
{ $example "USING: classes prettyprint ;"
"t superclasses ."
"{ word t }"
}
} ;
{ superclass superclasses } related-words
HELP: members
{ $values { "class" class } { "seq" "a sequence of union members, or " { $link f } } }
@ -97,3 +119,9 @@ $low-level-note ;
HELP: implementors
{ $values { "class/classes" "a class or a sequence of classes" } { "seq" "a sequence of generic words" } }
{ $description "Finds all generic words in the dictionary implementing methods for the given set of classes." } ;
HELP: instance?
{ $values
{ "object" object } { "class" class }
{ "?" "a boolean" } }
{ $description "Tests whether the input object is a member of the class." } ;