Re: defclass :initform behavior

At Sun, 03 Jun 2012 20:27:35 -0400,
Eric M. Ludlam wrote:
> The cache is a performance tweak so that new classes are just a vector 
> copy instead of running a bunch of initialization code.  As such, there 
> is an instance being created, it's just not one you created yourself.

This is really the issue. If CLOS behavior is to be emulated, DEFCLASS
has no business creating an instance -- especially not in a manner
which generates side-effects associated with an :INITFORM form.

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