confirmation on :default-initargs not working?

No one has responded/reacted to this from yesterday (or the night beore?):

> Hard to believe, but :default-initargs seem not to work:
> 
> (defclass aaa ()
>    ((xxx :initform 'x :initarg :xxx :accessor xxx)
>     (yyy :initform 'y :initarg :yy :accessor yyy))
>    (:default-initargs
>         :xxx 'xx
>         :yy 'yy))
> 
> (describe (make-instance 'aaa))
> 
> #<Standard-Class AAA #x14FDF70>
> CLOS OBJECT:
>     printed representation: #<Aaa #x1562DF0>
>     class:          #<Standard-Class AAA #x14FDF70>
>     heap address:   #x1562DF0
>     xxx: X
>     yyy: Y

The values should be 'xx and 'yy, 'x and 'y are the initforms.

Can anyone at least /confirm/ the problem? I did restore the unpatched 
img file and confirmed the behavior was the same with the unpatched 
2.01. (I discovered this using 2.01 with the latest clos.lisp and 
structures.lisp).

A search of the CormanLisp directory reveals no use of the 
:default-initargs option, and no more than this in way of acknowledgment 
of the option:

> (defun canonicalize-defclass-option (option)
>   (case (car option)
>     (:metaclass
>       (list ':metaclass
>        `(find-class ',(cadr option))))
>     (:default-initargs
>       (list 
>        ':direct-default-initargs
>        `(list ,@(mapappend... etc

So I guess I have my answer, I just cannot believe it <g>: 
:default-initargs are not supported.

I did check again the doc on what is supported and I did not spot this 
one. Did I miss it?

One picky suggestion I have been meaning to make in re that particular 
bit of documentation is that, now that a lot of the things in the list 
are no longer limitations of CormanLisp, the section is tough to scan. 
First a bold subhead shouts out "No eql specializers." followed by a 
detailed description of the limitation followed (possibly!) by a "Corman 
Lisp: never mind". I understand how that situation arose (starting with 
the section from the book, then qualifying as necessary) but I think 
CormanCL has moved too far from those origins to make the book excerpt a 
base line to which the reader must apply [never minds]. no big deal.

-- 

  kenny tilton
  clinisys, inc
  http://www.tilton-technology.com/
  ---------------------------------------------------------------
"Cells let us walk, talk, think, make love and realize
  the bath water is cold." -- Lorraine Lee Cudmore



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