Re: slot-boundp on conditions

[Marco A. <ma...@cs...>]

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> Hi,
> 
> > There are some define-conditions in (at least) port/ext.lisp and
> > port/net.lisp that use slot-boundp in their :report clauses.
> > According to CLHS the consequences of this are undefined.
> 
> where does it say that?
> 
>     This option is processed after the new condition type has been
>     defined, so use of the slot accessors within the :report function is
>     permitted. If this option is not supplied, information about how to
>     report this type of condition is inherited from the parent-type.

I think there is room for interpretation here.

CLOS is not required for conditions. But "accessors definitions" are.
So it is the use of SLOT-BOUNDP that is not necessarily correct.

Cheers


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