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allocate-instance
class &rest initargs &key &allow-other-keys => new-instance
allocate-instance
(class standard-class) &rest initargs
allocate-instance
(class structure-class) &rest initargs
class--a class.
initargs--a list of keyword/value pairs (initialization argument names and values).
new-instance--an object whose class is class.
The generic function allocate-instance creates and returns a new instance of the class, without initializing it. When the class is a standard class, this means that the slots are unbound; when the class is a structure class, this means the slots' values are unspecified.
The caller of allocate-instance is expected to have already checked the initialization arguments.
The generic function allocate-instance is called by make-instance, as described in Object Creation and Initialization.
The consequences of adding methods to allocate-instance is unspecified. This capability might be added by the Metaobject Protocol.