force initialization of a datatype?

[Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org>]

I'm working on a type that should check the user provided
inititalization values, and I'm wondering if I can do that with
cl-defstruct, or if I should use eieio defclass instead.

I'd like to ensure that the only available constructors do the
checking.

Here's what I have come up with for cl-defstruct:

(cl-defstruct (path-iterator
	       (:constructor nil)
	       (:copier nil))
  <slots>
  )

(defun make-path-iterator (<user args>)
  (let ((result (vector 'cl-struct-path-iterator <slot values>)))
    <code to check the user args and set the slots in `result'>
    ))

This code compiles and runs correctly, but I'm wondering if it is
acceptable style. Is there a better way to accomplish this for
cl-defstruct?


eieio defclass provides ":initform", which I'm guessing can specify a
function to run at object construction time, but I can't find any
definitive statement to that effect, neither in the Emacs info doc nor
via DuckDuckGo search. The lack of good documentation scares me away
from eieio in general.

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-- Stephe