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remove-dependent

Generic Function REMOVE-DEPENDENT

Syntax:

remove-dependent metaobject dependent => unspecified

Arguments and values:

metaobject -- A class or a generic function metaobject.

dependent -- An object.

Description:

This generic function removes dependent from the dependents of metaobject. If dependent is not one of the dependents of metaobject, no error is signaled.

The generic functionmap-dependents can be called to access the set of dependents of a class or generic function. The generic function add-dependent can be called to add an object to the set of dependents of a class or generic function. The effect of calling add-dependent or remove-dependent while a call to map-dependents on the same class or generic function is in progress is unspecified.

The situations in which remove-dependent is called are not specified.

Methods:

remove-dependent (class standard-class) dependent remove-dependent (class funcallable-standard-class) dependent remove-dependent (generic-function standard-generic-function) dependent​

Remarks:

See the ``Dependent Maintenance Protocol'' section for remarks about the use of this facility.