[Openmcl-devel] bad defclass causing side effect

[Hamilton Link]

To me this isn't doesn't look so much like odd persistent behavior as 
undesirable side effects when you redefine a class badly (still, looks 
like a bug).

The first bad defclas doesn't create a class, but once BAR is created 
(with your second call) the error from the subsequent redefinition 
should probably (but doesn't) prevent a side effect on the class. Then 
when you try to redefine the class again in a valid way, it looks at 
the now-broken class and chokes... seems like a bug just from a DWIM 
standpoint but I don't know what the letter of the law is on when 
defclass side effects take place, that would be a question for Gary.

h

On Jun 10, 2004, at 11:57 AM, Gary King wrote:

> OpenMCL (0.14.2) has an odd persistent behavior with respect to class 
> definitions. If you evaluate the following four forms, you'll see what 
> I mean. The fourth form should work but somehow the error remains.
>
> ;;; gets an error
> (defclass bar ()
>   ((documentation :reader documentation)))
>
> ;;; works
> (defclass bar ()
>   ())
>
> ;;; gets an error
> (defclass bar ()
>   ((documentation :reader documentation)))
>
> ;;; also gets an error !!
> (defclass bar ()
>   ())
>
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