[Openmcl-devel] Redefining subclasses of Objective-C classes

[Willem Rein Oudshoorn]

Just quick question, it seems to me that
redefining lisp subclasses of ns:ns-object do not work.  
Initially it seems to work, but it seems that existing
instances are not updated correctly.

See the following transcript:


;;; First create a class
CL-USER> (defclass test-class (ns:ns-object) ((a :accessor a :initform 'a)) (:metaclass ns:+ns-object))
#<OBJC:OBJC-CLASS TEST-CLASS (#xD04E040)>

;;; Make an instance
CL-USER> (setf *a* (make-instance 'test-class))
#<TEST-CLASS <TestClass: 0xd0770e0> (#xD0770E0)>

;; Accessing slot a works:
CL-USER> (a *a*)
A


;; Redefining the class, notice that slot b is inserted
;; before slot a
CL-USER> (defclass test-class (ns:ns-object) ((b :accessor b :initform 'b) (a :accessor a :initform 'a)) (:metaclass ns:+ns-object))
#<OBJC:OBJC-CLASS TEST-CLASS (#xD04E040)>

;; Testing slot a on the existing instance
CL-USER> (a *a*)

This generates an error:

Array index 2 out of bounds for #<SLOT-VECTOR #x3020012A8B3D> .
   [Condition of type SIMPLE-ERROR]



Is this a bug? Or is this something like, don't do that.


Kind regards,
Wim Oudshoorn.