THE 'Object' CLASS

Messages:

SHOW AN OBJECT'S INSTANCE VARIABLES

• returns the object

• returns the class of the object

• <stream> T is *terminal-io*, NIL does not print (for FLATSIZE calculation), and default is *standard-output*
• returns the object

• returns the object

• returns NIL

• <class> class name
• returns T if object member of class, else NIL

• <class> class name
• returns T if object member of class or subclass of class, else NIL

• <sel> message selector
• returns T if object responds to message selector, else NIL.

• returns a list, that when executed will create a copy of the object. Only works for members of classes created with defclass.