variable->initialise

variable ->initialise: name=name, type=[type], access=[{none,send,get,both}], summary=[string]*, group=[name], initial_value=[any|function]

Initialise an variable. A variable object normally represents an instance variable of a class (see class->instance_variable. The arguments are:

name (behaviour<-name) Name of the instance variable. Instance variable names are local to a class (though instance variables of super-classes are inherited.
type (variable<-type) The type of object that may be used to fill the instance variable (see object<->slot).
access (variable<-access) Defines implicit side-effect free methods associated with this variable. See variable->access.
summary (variable<-summary) Summary string used by the online documentation
group (variable<-group) Name of the functional group this variable belongs too.