-;;; NOTE: We are assuming a restriction on user code that the method
-;;; combination must not change once it is connected to the
-;;; generic function.
-;;;
-;;; This has to be legal, because otherwise any kind of method
-;;; lookup caching couldn't work. See this by saying that this
-;;; cache, is just a backing cache for the fast cache. If that
-;;; cache is legal, this one must be too.
-;;;
-;;; Don't clear this table!
-(defvar *effective-method-table* (make-hash-table :test 'eq))
+(defvar *effective-method-cache* (make-hash-table :test 'eq))
+
+(defun flush-effective-method-cache (generic-function)
+ (dolist (method (generic-function-methods generic-function))
+ (remhash method *effective-method-cache*)))