y the
object being defined. Note that the methods themselves may be actually defined
by a class; instance unexports override class visibility.
<P><DT><A NAME="M30"><B>variable</B> ?<I>-slotOperation</I>? ?<I>name ...</I>?</A><DD>
This slot (see <B><A HREF="define.html#M31">SLOTTED DEFINITIONS</A></B> below) arranges for each of the named
variables to be automatically made available in the methods declared by the
object being defined.  Each variable name must not have any namespace
separators and must not lo