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@top EIEIO
-@eieio{} (``Enhanced Implementation of Emacs Interpreted Objects'') is
-a CLOS (Common Lisp Object System) compatibility layer for Emacs Lisp.
-It provides a framework for writing object-oriented applications in
-Emacs.
+@eieio{} (``Enhanced Implementation of Emacs Interpreted Objects'')
+provides an Object Oriented layer for Emacs Lisp, following the basic
+concepts of the Common Lisp Object System (CLOS). It provides a
+framework for writing object-oriented applications in Emacs.
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@item
Help system extensions for classes and methods.
@item
-Automatic texinfo documentation generator.
-@item
Several base classes for interesting tasks.
@item
Simple test suite.
Customization support in a class (extension to CLOS)
@end enumerate
-Here are some CLOS features that @eieio{} presently lacks:
+Here are some important CLOS features that @eieio{} presently lacks:
@table @asis
-@item Complete @code{defclass} tag support
-All CLOS tags are currently supported, but the following are not
-currently implemented correctly:
-@table @code
-@item :metaclass
-There is only one base superclass for all @eieio{} classes, which is
-the @code{eieio-default-superclass}.
-@item :default-initargs
+@item Method dispatch
+EIEO does not support method dispatch for built-in types and multiple
+arguments types. In other words, method dispatch only looks at the
+first argument, and this one must be an @eieio{} type.
+
+@item Support for metaclasses
+There is just one default metaclass, @code{eieio-default-superclass},
+and you cannot define your own. The @code{:metaclass} tag in
+@code{defclass} is ignored. Also, functions like `class-of' and
+`find-class', which should return instances of the metaclass, behave
+differently in @eieio{} in that they return symbols or plain structures
+instead.
+
+@item EQL specialization
+EIEIO does not support it.
+
+@item @code{:around} method tag
+This CLOS method tag is non-functional.
+
+@item :default-initargs in @code{defclass}
Each slot has an @code{:initarg} tag, so this is not really necessary.
-@end table
@item Mock object initializers
Each class contains a mock object used for fast initialization of
values can potentially cause modifications in the mock object. @eieio{}
should use a deep copy but currently does not.
-@item @code{:around} method tag
-This CLOS method tag is non-functional.
-
@end table
@node Building Classes
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@chapter Building Classes
+First off, please note that this manual cannot serve as a complete
+introduction to object oriented programming and generic functions in
+LISP. Although EIEIO is not a complete CLOS implementation and also
+differs from CLOS in several aspects, it follows the same basic
+concepts. Therefore, it is highly recommended to learn these from a
+textbook or tutorial first, especially if you only know OOP from
+languages like C++ or Java. If on the other hand you are already
+familiar with CLOS, you should be aware that @eieio{} does not implement
+the full CLOS specificiation and also differs in some other aspects
+(@xref{Introduction}, and @ref{CLOS compatibility}).
+
A @dfn{class} is a definition for organizing data and methods
together. An @eieio{} class has structures similar to the classes
found in other object-oriented (OO) languages.
@enumerate
@item
+Support for metaclasses and EQL specialization.
+@item
@code{:around} method key.
-
@item
Method dispatch for built-in types.
@item
+2013-07-29 David Engster <deng@randomsample.de>
+
+ * lisp/cedet/cedet.el (cedet-packages): Remove speedbar since its
+ development does no longer happens in CEDET upstream but in Emacs
+ proper. Also remove cedet-contrib and cogre since those are only
+ in upstream.
+
+ * semantic/analyze/fcn.el (semantic-analyze-type-to-name): If TYPE
+ has a parent, return a fully qualified name.
+
+ * semantic/decorate/mode.el
+ (semantic-decoration-on-includes-p-default)
+ (semantic-decoration-on-includes-highlight-default): Declare for
+ byte compiler.
+
+ * semantic/wisent/python.el (semantic/format): New require.
+
2013-07-27 Eric Ludlam <zappo@gnu.org>
* lisp/cedet/semantic/edit.el (semantic-edits-splice-remove): Wrap