create-method ( class generic -- method )
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Vocabulary
generic

Inputs

class	a class
generic	a generic

Outputs

method

a method

Word description
Creates a method or returns an existing one. This is the runtime equivalent of M:.

Notes
To define a method, pass the output value to define.

See also
lookup-method, ?lookup-method, M:

Definition

USING: classes.private kernel words ;

IN: generic

: create-method ( class generic -- method )
    2dup ?lookup-method dup
    [ 2nip dup reset-generic ]
    [ drop [ <method> dup ] 2keep reveal-method reset-caches ]
    if ;