+ ;; Comment from Gerd Moellmann:
+ ;;
+ ;; Note that we can't simply delay the finalization when CLASS has
+ ;; no forward referenced superclasses because that causes bootstrap
+ ;; problems.
+ (when (and (not finalizep)
+ (not (class-finalized-p class))
+ (not (class-has-a-forward-referenced-superclass-p class)))
+ (finalize-inheritance class)
+ (return-from update-class))