6.5 Mixins

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6.1 | Creating Interfaces
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6.4 | Field and Method Access
6.5 | Mixins
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#### 6.5`` Mixins

> > syntax
> > (mixin (interface-expr ...) (interface-expr ...)
> > class-clause ...)

Produces a mixin, which is a procedure that encapsulates a class extension, leaving the superclass unspecified. Each time that a mixin is applied to a specific superclass, it produces a new derived class using the encapsulated extension.

The given class must implement interfaces produced by the first set of interface-exprs. The result of the procedure is a subclass of the given class that implements the interfaces produced by the second set of interface-exprs. The class-clauses are as for class*, to define the class extension encapsulated by the mixin.

Evaluation of a mixin form checks that the class-clauses are consistent with both sets of interface-exprs.

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