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Invoking Generic Functions
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When a variable with a generic function definition appears as the first
element of a list that is being evaluated, the Guile evaluator tries to
apply the generic function to the arguments obtained by evaluating the
remaining elements of the list. [ *fixme* How do I put this in a more
Schemely and less Lispy way? ]
Usually a generic function contains several method definitions, with
varying degrees of formal parameter specialization (
define-method Basic Method Definition.). So it is necessary to sort
these methods by specificity with respect to the supplied arguments,
and then apply the most specific method definition. Less specific
methods may be applied subsequently if a method that is being applied
calls `next-method'.
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* Determining Which Methods to Apply
* Handling Invocation Errors
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