Add make as an alias for make-instance*.

[aartaka]

This adds yet another alias for make-instance*: make. It's mainly here to make the exported API more consistent: there are both star-suffixed and star-less versions for most constructs in Nclasses, but there's no star-less version of make-instance*. So here it is: make.

Edit: make-instance -> make-instance*.

[Ambrevar]

But wait, my first guess looking at the make alias is that it's a shortcut for make-instance, not make-instance*.

Wouldn't your patch be counter-intuitive?

[aartaka]

But wait, my first guess looking at the make alias is that it's a shortcut for make-instance, not make-instance*.

I don't understand. Where exactly?

[Ambrevar]

I mean if we add make as an alias, I wouldn't be surprised if users would assume it to be an alias to make-instance instead of make-instance*.

[aartaka]

I mean if we add make as an alias, I wouldn't be surprised if users would assume it to be an alias to make-instance instead of make-instance*.

That's a problem with DWIM-ish aliases in general. We already provide define-class and define-generic which also seem to be related to the respective standard functions, so make's not the only point of confusion.

The good news is: define-class, define-generic, and (the suggested) make are all backwards-compatible with their standard counterparts. Even if the confusion happens, one's safe to use make as make-instance.

[Ambrevar]

Fair enough :)

[aartaka]

Merged as 929c69a.