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@@ -23726,7 +23726,7 @@ from will call the most derived override of that method. A derived method can use the -.code call-super-method +.code call-super-fun to call the corresponding method in the base class. Thus derived structs can inherit the copy handling logic from base structs, and @@ -24331,6 +24331,11 @@ from which the slot is inherited. .mets (call-super-method < struct-obj < name << argument *) .syne .desc +This function is deprecated. Solutions involving +.code call-super-method +should be reworked in terms of +.codn call-super-fun . + The .code call-super-method retrieves the function stored in the slot @@ -24354,6 +24359,16 @@ must name a static slot of that structure type. The object retrieved from that static slot must be callable as a function, and accept the arguments. +Note that it is not correct for a method that is defined +against a particular type to use +.code call-super-method +to call the same method (or any other method) in the supertype +of that particular type. This is because +.code call-super-method +refers to the type of the object instance +.metn struct-obj , +not to the type against which the calling method is defined. + .coNP Function @ call-super-fun .synb .mets (call-super-fun < type < name << argument *) |