GBBopen 1.5 Reference -- print-slot-for-saving/sending

print-slot-for-saving/sending

print-slot-for-saving/sending

instance slot-name stream

[Generic Function]

Purpose
Write the printed representation of slot slot-name in object to stream when saving or sending.

Method signatures

print-slot-for-saving/sending (instance standard-object) slot-name stream

print-slot-for-saving/sending (instance standard-unit-instance) (slot-name (eql gbbopen::%%space-instances%%) stream

Package :gbbopen-tools

Module :gbbopen-tools (the unit-instance method is added by :gbbopen-core)

Arguments and values

instance		A `standard-object` instance
slot-name		A non-`nil`, non-keyword symbol
stream		A stream

Errors
A call to print-slot-for-saving/sending was made outside the dynamic scope of a with-saving/sending-block.

Example
Write the binary value of slot song in unit instances of bird as a Base64 portable string (see the companion decoding example):

  (defmethod print-slot-for-saving/sending ((bird bird) (slot-name (eql 'song)) stream)
    (print-object-for-saving/sending (base64-encode (song-of bird)) stream))

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