subclass

Returns a type representing a class and its subclasses. Without subclass, methods on generic functions (such as make and as) that take types as arguments are impossible to reuse without resorting to ad hoc techniques.

Exported from

Arguments

class

An instance of <class>.

Values

subclass-type

An instance of <subclass>.

See also

Subclass relationships

Returns a type representing a class and its subclasses.

Returns a general instance of its first argument.

Coerces an object to a type.

Ultimately, there will be several, more logically separate libraries that extend Dylan or provide an application framework for users.

The common-dylan module.

Miscellaneous extensions to the Dylan language.

The class of all Dylan classes.

In the language defined by the DRM, the only mechanism available for specializing such methods is to use singleton types.