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master c464bcb20a: * doc/misc/eieio.texi (Introduction, Generics): Remov


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: master c464bcb20a: * doc/misc/eieio.texi (Introduction, Generics): Remove outdated limits
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2022 07:40:12 -0400 (EDT)

branch: master
commit c464bcb20a53a15e0d07209c73547d9b74cb9a1a
Author: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Commit: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>

    * doc/misc/eieio.texi (Introduction, Generics): Remove outdated limits
    
    Reported by Hokomo <hokomo@airmail.cc>.
---
 doc/misc/eieio.texi | 12 +-----------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/misc/eieio.texi b/doc/misc/eieio.texi
index 18a2b74033..b1ec5c0dce 100644
--- a/doc/misc/eieio.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/eieio.texi
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ also differs in some other aspects which are mentioned 
below (also
 @enumerate
 @item
 A structured framework for the creation of basic classes with attributes
-and methods using singular inheritance similar to CLOS.
+and methods using inheritance similar to CLOS.
 @item
 Type checking, and slot unbinding.
 @item
@@ -225,11 +225,6 @@ lacks:
 
 @table @asis
 
-@item Method dispatch
-EIEO does not support method dispatch for built-in types and multiple
-arguments types.  In other words, method dispatch only looks at the
-first argument, and this one must be an @eieio{} type.
-
 @item Support for metaclasses
 There is just one default metaclass, @code{eieio-default-superclass},
 and you cannot define your own.  The @code{:metaclass} tag in
@@ -856,11 +851,6 @@ You can also create a generic method with 
@code{cl-defmethod}
 (@pxref{Methods}).  When a method is created and there is no generic
 method in place with that name, then a new generic will be created,
 and the new method will use it.
-
-In CLOS, a generic method can also be used to provide an argument list
-and dispatch precedence for all the arguments.  In @eieio{},
-dispatching only occurs for the first argument, so the @var{arglist}
-is not used.
 @end defmac
 
 @node Methods



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