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with-accessors ({slot-entry}*)
instance-form
{declaration}* {form}*
⇒ {result}*
slot-entry ::=(variable-name accessor-name )
variable-name—a variable name; not evaluated.
accessor-name—a function name; not evaluated.
instance-form—a form; evaluated.
declaration—a declare expression; not evaluated.
forms—an implicit progn.
results—the values returned by the forms.
Creates a lexical environment in which the slots specified by slot-entry are lexically available through their accessors as if they were variables. The macro with-accessors invokes the appropriate accessors to access the slots specified by slot-entry. Both setf and setq can be used to set the value of the slot.
(defclass thing ()
((x :initarg :x :accessor thing-x)
(y :initarg :y :accessor thing-y)))
⇒ #<STANDARD-CLASS THING 250020173>
(defmethod (setf thing-x) :before (new-x (thing thing))
(format t "~&Changing X from ~D to ~D in ~S.~
(thing-x thing) new-x thing))
(setq thing1 (make-instance 'thing :x 1 :y 2)) ⇒ #<THING 43135676>
(setq thing2 (make-instance 'thing :x 7 :y 8)) ⇒ #<THING 43147374>
(with-accessors ((x1 thing-x) (y1 thing-y))
thing1
(with-accessors ((x2 thing-x) (y2 thing-y))
thing2
(list (list x1 (thing-x thing1) y1 (thing-y thing1)
x2 (thing-x thing2) y2 (thing-y thing2))
(setq x1 (+ y1 x2))
(list x1 (thing-x thing1) y1 (thing-y thing1)
x2 (thing-x thing2) y2 (thing-y thing2))
(setf (thing-x thing2) (list x1))
(list x1 (thing-x thing1) y1 (thing-y thing1)
x2 (thing-x thing2) y2 (thing-y thing2)))))
|> Changing X from 1 to 9 in #<THING 43135676>.
|> Changing X from 7 to (9) in #<THING 43147374>.
⇒ ((1 1 2 2 7 7 8 8)
9
(9 9 2 2 7 7 8 8)
(9)
(9 9 2 2 (9) (9) 8 8))
defclass
The consequences are undefined if any accessor-name is not the name of an accessor for the instance.
A with-accessors expression of the form:
(with-accessors (slot-entry_1 ...slot-entry_n) instance-form form_1 ...form_k)
expands into the equivalent of
(let ((in instance-form)) (symbol-macrolet (Q_1... Q_n) form_1 ...form_k))
where Q_i is
(variable-name_i () (accessor-name_i in))
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