+\f
+;;; method function stuff.
+;;;
+;;; PCL historically included a so-called method-fast-function, which
+;;; is essentially a method function but with (a) a precomputed
+;;; continuation for CALL-NEXT-METHOD and (b) a permutation vector for
+;;; slot access. [ FIXME: see if we can understand these two
+;;; optimizations before commit. ] However, the presence of the
+;;; fast-function meant that we violated AMOP and the effect of the
+;;; :FUNCTION initarg, and furthermore got to potentially confusing
+;;; situations where the function and the fast-function got out of
+;;; sync, so that calling (method-function method) with the defined
+;;; protocol would do different things from (call-method method) in
+;;; method combination.
+;;;
+;;; So we define this internal method function structure, which we use
+;;; when we create a method function ourselves. This means that we
+;;; can hang the various bits of information that we want off the
+;;; method function itself, and also that if a user overrides method
+;;; function creation there is no danger of having the system get
+;;; confused.
+(!defstruct-with-alternate-metaclass %method-function
+ :slot-names (fast-function name)
+ :boa-constructor %make-method-function
+ :superclass-name function
+ :metaclass-name static-classoid
+ :metaclass-constructor make-static-classoid
+ :dd-type funcallable-structure)
+\f