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diff --git a/Lisp/libobjcl.lisp b/Lisp/libobjcl.lisp index 92f5547..f733211 100644 --- a/Lisp/libobjcl.lisp +++ b/Lisp/libobjcl.lisp @@ -943,6 +943,31 @@ separating parts by hyphens works nicely in all of the `:INVERT`, (collect-methods (%objcl-class-metaclass class)))) (defun collect-methods () + "Intern all method __selector__s known to the runtime. + +## Description: + +For the syntax enhancement provided by __enable-method-syntax__ to work, +all method __selector__s must be available as the __fdefinition__ of the +**symbol** whose __symbol-name__ is the __selector__'s name and which +are **accessible** in the package _objective-cl-selectors_. +__collect-methods__ ensures that all __selector__s that are known to the +Objective-C runtime as the names of methods of any classes are +registered in this way. + +Normally, __collect-methods__ need not be called by user code, as it is +called once at system load-time as well as whenever a framework is +loaded by Objective-CL, but if the user dynamically loads any libraries +or frameworks by calling FFI routines (like, for instance, +_cffi:load-foreign-library_) directly, __collect-methods__ must be +called if the newly introduced __selector__s are to be available to Lisp +code written using the syntax enhancement provided by +__enable-method-syntax__. + + +## See also: + + __collect-classes__" (%objcl-for-each-class-do (callback collect-class-methods))) |