Question about class variables

[jlouch@polyslo.csc.calpoly.edu (John Louch)]

Is there a better way to get the value of a class slot (:allocation
:class) than making a temporary instance of the class and then
accessing the slot.

I would rather not do this in another words:

(defclass aclass () 
  ((arg :allocation :class)))

(setf (slot-value (make-instance 'aclass) 'arg) 'an-argument)

Thanks,
John Louch
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