faster SLOT-VALUE &co with variable slot names

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 changes in sbcl-1.0.10 relative to sbcl-1.0.9:
+  * optimization: SLOT-VALUE and (SETF SLOT-VALUE) are now >20% faster
+    for variable slot names, when the class of the instance is
+    an instance of STANDARD-CLASS or FUNCALLABLE-STANDARD-CLASS, and not
+    any of their subclasses.
   * optimization: member type construction is now O(N) instead
     of O(N^2).
   * optimization: UNION and NUNION are now O(N+M) for large