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diff --git a/doc/misc/eieio.texi b/doc/misc/eieio.texi index 8f93300e24..80e52baf25 100644 --- a/doc/misc/eieio.texi +++ b/doc/misc/eieio.texi @@ -755,8 +755,8 @@ Unlike @code{oref}, the symbol for @var{slot} must be quoted. @defun set-slot-value object slot value @anchor{set-slot-value} -This is not a CLOS function, but is meant to mirror @code{slot-value} if -you don't want to use the cl package's @code{setf} function. This +This is not a CLOS function, but is the setter for @code{slot-value} +used by the @code{setf} macro. This function sets the value of @var{slot} from @var{object}. Unlike @code{oset}, the symbol for @var{slot} must be quoted. @end defun @@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ This establishes a lexical environment for referring to the slots in the instance named by the given slot-names as though they were variables. Within such a context the value of the slot can be specified by using its slot name, as if it were a lexically bound -variable. Both setf and setq can be used to set the value of the +variable. Both @code{setf} and @code{setq} can be used to set the value of the slot. @var{spec-list} is of a form similar to @dfn{let}. For example: @@ -1850,10 +1850,6 @@ for the given object. This is different than that found in CLOS because in @eieio{} this function accepts replacement arguments. This permits subclasses to modify arguments as they are passed up the tree. If no arguments are given, the expected CLOS behavior is used. -@item setf -If the common-lisp subsystem is loaded, the setf parameters are also -loaded so the form @code{(setf (slot-value object slot) t)} should -work. @end table CLOS supports the @code{describe} command, but @eieio{} provides |