2.23.3.1 slot-boundp Declaration ¶

Example:

(defclass foo ()
  (a b))

(defmethod bar ((x foo))
  (declare (ext:slots (slot-boundp foo)))
  (list (slot-value x 'a) (slot-value x 'b)))

The slot-boundp declaration in method bar specifies that the slots a and b accessed through parameter x in the scope of the declaration are always bound, because parameter x is specialized on class foo to which the slot-boundp declaration applies. The PCL-generated code for the slot-value forms will thus not contain tests for the slots being bound or not. The consequences are undefined should one of the accessed slots not be bound.