Re: MOP question for language lawyers: can you specialize on standard-class

Just use change-class: (eq a (change-class a <other-class>)) but not (eq (class-of a) (class-of (change-class a <other-class>)))

> On 16 May 2026, at 21:52, Bradford Miller (as bradford dot w dot miller at gmail dot com) <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> On May 16, 2026, at 4:04 PM, Tim Bradshaw (as tfb at cley dot com) <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Bur I've come to the view that (eq a b) but not (equal (type-of a) (type-of b)) is an abomination: if two objects are the same object their types should be the same type.
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> Can you give an example of this? I’ve not come across it myself.
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