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    <A NAME="t"><I>Class</I> <B>FORWARD-REFERENCED-CLASS</B>
      
      <P><B>Direct superclasses:</B></P>
      
      <P><a href="class-class.html">class</a></P>
      
      <P><B>Metaclass:</B></P>
      
      <P><a href="class-standard-class.html">standard-class</a></P>
      
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	This class is a <I>special-purpose class metaobject class</I>.
	When the definition of a class references another class which
	has not yet been defined, an instance of this class is used as
	a stand-in until the class is actually defined.
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