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Package:LISP
Syntax:
(defstruct {name | (name {:conc-name | (:conc-name prefix-string) | :constructor | (:constructor symbol [lambda-list]) | :copier | (:copier symbol) | :predicate | (:predicate symbol) | (:include symbol) | (:print-function function) | (:type {vector | (vector type) | list}) | :named | (:static { nil | t}) (:initial-offset number)}*)} [doc] {slot-name | (slot-name [default-value-form] {:type type | :read-only flag}*) }* )
Defines a structure. The doc-string DOC, if supplied, is saved as a STRUCTURE doc and can be retrieved by (documentation ’NAME ’structure). STATIC is gcl specific and makes the body non relocatable.
See the files misc/rusage.lsp misc/cstruct.lsp, for examples of making a lisp structure correspond to a C structure.
Package:LISP
GCL specific: Prints the documentation associated with SYMBOL. With no argument, this function prints the greeting message to GCL beginners.