0.7.13.pcl-class.5
[sbcl.git] / src / pcl / boot.lisp
index faa9b0c..562ff1d 100644 (file)
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ functions and the corresponding early methods and early method lookup
 are used to get enough of the system running that it is possible to
 create real generic functions and methods and implement real method
 lookup. At that point (done in the file FIXUP) the function
-fix-early-generic-functions is called to convert all the early generic
+!FIX-EARLY-GENERIC-FUNCTIONS is called to convert all the early generic
 functions to real generic functions.
 
 The cheap generic functions are built using the same
-funcallable-instance objects real generic-functions are made out of.
+FUNCALLABLE-INSTANCE objects that real generic functions are made out of.
 This means that as PCL is being bootstrapped, the cheap generic
 function objects which are being created are the same objects which
 will later be real generic functions. This is good because:
@@ -51,75 +51,63 @@ will later be real generic functions. This is good because:
     during booting because those pointers will still point to
     the right object after the generic functions are all fixed up.
 
-This file defines the defmethod macro and the mechanism used to expand
+This file defines the DEFMETHOD macro and the mechanism used to expand
 it. This includes the mechanism for processing the body of a method.
 DEFMETHOD basically expands into a call to LOAD-DEFMETHOD, which
-basically calls ADD-METHOD to add the method to the generic-function.
+basically calls ADD-METHOD to add the method to the generic function.
 These expansions can be loaded either during bootstrapping or when PCL
 is fully up and running.
 
 An important effect of this arrangement is it means we can compile
-files with defmethod forms in them in a completely running PCL, but
+files with DEFMETHOD forms in them in a completely running PCL, but
 then load those files back in during bootstrapping. This makes
 development easier. It also means there is only one set of code for
-processing defmethod. Bootstrapping works by being sure to have
-load-method be careful to call only primitives which work during
+processing DEFMETHOD. Bootstrapping works by being sure to have
+LOAD-METHOD be careful to call only primitives which work during
 bootstrapping.
 
 |#
 
-;;; FIXME: SB-KERNEL::PCL-CHECK-WRAPPER-VALIDITY-HOOK shouldn't be a
-;;; separate function. Instead, we should define a simple placeholder
-;;; version of SB-PCL:CHECK-WRAPPER-VALIDITY where
-;;; SB-KERNEL::PCL-CHECK-WRAPPER-VALIDITY is defined now, then just
-;;; let the later real PCL DEFUN of SB-PCL:CHECK-WRAPPER-VALIDITY
-;;; overwrite it.
-(setf (symbol-function 'sb-kernel::pcl-check-wrapper-validity-hook)
-      #'check-wrapper-validity)
+;;; FIXME: As of sbcl-0.6.9.10, PCL still uses this nonstandard type
+;;; of declaration internally. It would be good to figure out how to
+;;; get rid of it, or failing that, (1) document why it's needed and
+;;; (2) use a private symbol with a forbidding name which suggests
+;;; it's not to be messed with by the user (e.g. SB-PCL:%CLASS)
+;;; instead of the too-inviting CLASS. (I tried just deleting the
+;;; declarations in MAKE-METHOD-LAMBDA-INTERNAL ca. sbcl-0.6.9.10, but
+;;; then things break.)
+(declaim (declaration class))
 
 (declaim (notinline make-a-method
                    add-named-method
                    ensure-generic-function-using-class
-
                    add-method
                    remove-method))
 
-(defvar *early-functions*
+(defvar *!early-functions*
        '((make-a-method early-make-a-method
                         real-make-a-method)
          (add-named-method early-add-named-method
                            real-add-named-method)
          ))
 
-;;; For each of the early functions, arrange to have it point to its early
-;;; definition. Do this in a way that makes sure that if we redefine one
-;;; of the early definitions the redefinition will take effect. This makes
-;;; development easier.
-;;;
-;;; The function which generates the redirection closure is pulled out into
-;;; a separate piece of code because of a bug in ExCL which causes this not
-;;; to work if it is inlined.
-;;; FIXME: We no longer need to worry about ExCL now, so we could unscrew this.
-(eval-when (:load-toplevel :execute)
-
-(defun redirect-early-function-internal (real early)
-  (setf (gdefinition real)
-       (set-function-name
-        #'(lambda (&rest args)
-            (apply (the function (symbol-function early)) args))
-        real)))
-
-(dolist (fns *early-functions*)
+;;; For each of the early functions, arrange to have it point to its
+;;; early definition. Do this in a way that makes sure that if we
+;;; redefine one of the early definitions the redefinition will take
+;;; effect. This makes development easier.
+(dolist (fns *!early-functions*)
   (let ((name (car fns))
        (early-name (cadr fns)))
-    (redirect-early-function-internal name early-name)))
-
-) ; EVAL-WHEN
-
-;;; *GENERIC-FUNCTION-FIXUPS* is used by fix-early-generic-functions to
-;;; convert the few functions in the bootstrap which are supposed to be
-;;; generic functions but can't be early on.
-(defvar *generic-function-fixups*
+    (setf (gdefinition name)
+            (set-fun-name
+             (lambda (&rest args)
+              (apply (fdefinition early-name) args))
+             name))))
+
+;;; *!GENERIC-FUNCTION-FIXUPS* is used by !FIX-EARLY-GENERIC-FUNCTIONS
+;;; to convert the few functions in the bootstrap which are supposed
+;;; to be generic functions but can't be early on.
+(defvar *!generic-function-fixups*
   '((add-method
      ((generic-function method)         ;lambda-list
       (standard-generic-function method) ;specializers
@@ -133,12 +121,12 @@ bootstrapping.
       (standard-generic-function t t)
       real-get-method))
     (ensure-generic-function-using-class
-     ((generic-function function-name
+     ((generic-function fun-name
                        &key generic-function-class environment
                        &allow-other-keys)
       (generic-function t)
       real-ensure-gf-using-class--generic-function)
-     ((generic-function function-name
+     ((generic-function fun-name
                        &key generic-function-class environment
                        &allow-other-keys)
       (null t)
@@ -158,16 +146,17 @@ bootstrapping.
       (generic-function standard-method-combination t)
       standard-compute-effective-method))))
 \f
-(defmacro defgeneric (function-name lambda-list &body options)
-  (expand-defgeneric function-name lambda-list options))
-
-(defun expand-defgeneric (function-name lambda-list options)
-  (when (listp function-name)
-    (do-standard-defsetf-1 (sb-int:function-name-block-name function-name)))
+(defmacro defgeneric (fun-name lambda-list &body options)
+  (declare (type list lambda-list))
+  (unless (legal-fun-name-p fun-name)
+    (error 'simple-program-error
+          :format-control "illegal generic function name ~S"
+          :format-arguments (list fun-name)))
+  (check-gf-lambda-list lambda-list)
   (let ((initargs ())
        (methods ()))
     (flet ((duplicate-option (name)
-            (error 'sb-kernel:simple-program-error
+            (error 'simple-program-error
                    :format-control "The option ~S appears more than once."
                    :format-arguments (list name)))
           (expand-method-definition (qab) ; QAB = qualifiers, arglist, body
@@ -175,25 +164,39 @@ bootstrapping.
                    (arglist (elt qab arglist-pos))
                    (qualifiers (subseq qab 0 arglist-pos))
                    (body (nthcdr (1+ arglist-pos) qab)))
-              (when (not (equal (cadr (getf initargs :method-combination))
-                                qualifiers))
-                (error "bad method specification in DEFGENERIC ~A~%~
-                        -- qualifier mismatch for lambda list ~A"
-                       function-name arglist))
-              `(defmethod ,function-name ,@qualifiers ,arglist ,@body))))
+              `(push (defmethod ,fun-name ,@qualifiers ,arglist ,@body)
+                      (generic-function-initial-methods #',fun-name)))))
       (macrolet ((initarg (key) `(getf initargs ,key)))
        (dolist (option options)
          (let ((car-option (car option)))
            (case car-option
              (declare
-              (push (cdr option) (initarg :declarations)))
+              (when (and
+                     (consp (cadr option))
+                     (member (first (cadr option))
+                             ;; FIXME: this list is slightly weird.
+                             ;; ANSI (on the DEFGENERIC page) in one
+                             ;; place allows only OPTIMIZE; in
+                             ;; another place gives this list of
+                             ;; disallowed declaration specifiers.
+                             ;; This seems to be the only place where
+                             ;; the FUNCTION declaration is
+                             ;; mentioned; TYPE seems to be missing.
+                             ;; Very strange.  -- CSR, 2002-10-21
+                             '(declaration ftype function
+                               inline notinline special)))
+                (error 'simple-program-error
+                       :format-control "The declaration specifier ~S ~
+                                         is not allowed inside DEFGENERIC."
+                       :format-arguments (list (cadr option))))
+              (push (cadr option) (initarg :declarations)))
              ((:argument-precedence-order :method-combination)
               (if (initarg car-option)
                   (duplicate-option car-option)
                   (setf (initarg car-option)
                         `',(cdr option))))
              ((:documentation :generic-function-class :method-class)
-              (unless (sb-int:proper-list-of-length-p option 2)
+              (unless (proper-list-of-length-p option 2)
                 (error "bad list length for ~S" option))
               (if (initarg car-option)
                   (duplicate-option car-option)
@@ -203,7 +206,7 @@ bootstrapping.
              (t
               ;; ANSI requires that unsupported things must get a
               ;; PROGRAM-ERROR.
-              (error 'sb-kernel:simple-program-error
+              (error 'simple-program-error
                      :format-control "unsupported option ~S"
                      :format-arguments (list option))))))
 
@@ -212,39 +215,78 @@ bootstrapping.
                `',(initarg :declarations))))
       `(progn
         (eval-when (:compile-toplevel :load-toplevel :execute)
-          (compile-or-load-defgeneric ',function-name))
-        ,(make-top-level-form
-          `(defgeneric ,function-name)
-          *defgeneric-times*
-          `(load-defgeneric ',function-name ',lambda-list ,@initargs))
-        ,@(mapcar #'expand-method-definition methods)
-        `,(function ,function-name)))))
-
-(defun compile-or-load-defgeneric (function-name)
-  (sb-kernel:proclaim-as-function-name function-name)
-  (sb-kernel:note-name-defined function-name :function)
-  (unless (eq (sb-int:info :function :where-from function-name) :declared)
-    (setf (sb-int:info :function :where-from function-name) :defined)
-    (setf (sb-int:info :function :type function-name)
-         (sb-kernel:specifier-type 'function))))
-
-(defun load-defgeneric (function-name lambda-list &rest initargs)
-  (when (listp function-name)
-    (do-standard-defsetf-1 (cadr function-name)))
-  (when (fboundp function-name)
-    (sb-kernel::style-warn "redefining ~S in DEFGENERIC" function-name))
+          (compile-or-load-defgeneric ',fun-name))
+         (load-defgeneric ',fun-name ',lambda-list ,@initargs)
+        ,@(mapcar #'expand-method-definition methods)
+        #',fun-name))))
+
+(defun compile-or-load-defgeneric (fun-name)
+  (proclaim-as-fun-name fun-name)
+  (note-name-defined fun-name :function)
+  (unless (eq (info :function :where-from fun-name) :declared)
+    (setf (info :function :where-from fun-name) :defined)
+    (setf (info :function :type fun-name)
+         (specifier-type 'function))))
+
+(defun load-defgeneric (fun-name lambda-list &rest initargs)
+  (when (fboundp fun-name)
+    (style-warn "redefining ~S in DEFGENERIC" fun-name)
+    (let ((fun (fdefinition fun-name)))
+      (when (generic-function-p fun)
+        (loop for method in (generic-function-initial-methods fun)
+              do (remove-method fun method))
+        (setf (generic-function-initial-methods fun) '()))))
   (apply #'ensure-generic-function
-        function-name
-        :lambda-list lambda-list
-        :definition-source `((defgeneric ,function-name)
-                             ,*load-truename*)
-        initargs))
+         fun-name
+         :lambda-list lambda-list
+         :definition-source `((defgeneric ,fun-name) ,*load-pathname*)
+         initargs))
+
+;;; As per section 3.4.2 of the ANSI spec, generic function lambda
+;;; lists have some special limitations, which we check here.
+(defun check-gf-lambda-list (lambda-list)
+  (flet ((ensure (arg ok)
+           (unless ok
+            (error
+             ;; (s/invalid/non-ANSI-conforming/ because the old PCL
+             ;; implementation allowed this, so people got used to
+             ;; it, and maybe this phrasing will help them to guess
+             ;; why their program which worked under PCL no longer works.)
+             "~@<non-ANSI-conforming argument ~S ~_in the generic function lambda list ~S~:>"
+             arg lambda-list))))
+    (multiple-value-bind (required optional restp rest keyp keys allowp
+                          auxp aux morep more-context more-count)
+       (parse-lambda-list lambda-list)
+      (declare (ignore required)) ; since they're no different in a gf ll
+      (declare (ignore restp rest)) ; since they're no different in a gf ll
+      (declare (ignore allowp)) ; since &ALLOW-OTHER-KEYS is fine either way
+      (declare (ignore aux)) ; since we require AUXP=NIL
+      (declare (ignore more-context more-count)) ; safely ignored unless MOREP
+      ;; no defaults allowed for &OPTIONAL arguments
+      (dolist (i optional)
+       (ensure i (or (symbolp i)
+                     (and (consp i) (symbolp (car i)) (null (cdr i))))))
+      ;; no defaults allowed for &KEY arguments
+      (when keyp
+       (dolist (i keys)
+         (ensure i (or (symbolp i)
+                       (and (consp i)
+                            (or (symbolp (car i))
+                                (and (consp (car i))
+                                     (symbolp (caar i))
+                                     (symbolp (cadar i))
+                                     (null (cddar i))))
+                            (null (cdr i)))))))
+      ;; no &AUX allowed
+      (when auxp
+       (error "&AUX is not allowed in a generic function lambda list: ~S"
+              lambda-list))
+      ;; Oh, *puhlease*... not specifically as per section 3.4.2 of
+      ;; the ANSI spec, but the CMU CL &MORE extension does not
+      ;; belong here!
+      (aver (not morep)))))
 \f
 (defmacro defmethod (&rest args &environment env)
-  (declare (arglist name
-                   {method-qualifier}*
-                   specialized-lambda-list
-                   &body body))
   (multiple-value-bind (name qualifiers lambda-list body)
       (parse-defmethod args)
     (multiple-value-bind (proto-gf proto-method)
@@ -270,15 +312,15 @@ bootstrapping.
                    (class-prototype (or (generic-function-method-class gf?)
                                         (find-class 'standard-method))))))))
 
-;;; takes a name which is either a generic function name or a list specifying
-;;; a setf generic function (like: (SETF <generic-function-name>)). Returns
+;;; Take a name which is either a generic function name or a list specifying
+;;; a SETF generic function (like: (SETF <generic-function-name>)). Return
 ;;; the prototype instance of the method-class for that generic function.
 ;;;
-;;; If there is no generic function by that name, this returns the default
-;;; value, the prototype instance of the class STANDARD-METHOD. This default
-;;; value is also returned if the spec names an ordinary function or even a
-;;; macro. In effect, this leaves the signalling of the appropriate error
-;;; until load time.
+;;; If there is no generic function by that name, this returns the
+;;; default value, the prototype instance of the class
+;;; STANDARD-METHOD. This default value is also returned if the spec
+;;; names an ordinary function or even a macro. In effect, this leaves
+;;; the signalling of the appropriate error until load time.
 ;;;
 ;;; Note: During bootstrapping, this function is allowed to return NIL.
 (defun method-prototype-for-gf (name)
@@ -293,11 +335,6 @@ bootstrapping.
            (class-prototype (or (generic-function-method-class gf?)
                                 (find-class 'standard-method)))))))
 \f
-(defvar *optimize-asv-funcall-p* nil)
-(defvar *asv-readers*)
-(defvar *asv-writers*)
-(defvar *asv-boundps*)
-
 (defun expand-defmethod (name
                         proto-gf
                         proto-method
@@ -305,55 +342,43 @@ bootstrapping.
                         lambda-list
                         body
                         env)
-  (when (listp name)
-    (do-standard-defsetf-1 (cadr name)))
-  (let ((*make-instance-function-keys* nil)
-       (*optimize-asv-funcall-p* t)
-       (*asv-readers* nil) (*asv-writers* nil) (*asv-boundps* nil))
-    (declare (special *make-instance-function-keys*))
-    (multiple-value-bind (method-lambda unspecialized-lambda-list specializers)
-       (add-method-declarations name qualifiers lambda-list body env)
-      (multiple-value-bind (method-function-lambda initargs)
-         (make-method-lambda proto-gf proto-method method-lambda env)
-       (let ((initargs-form (make-method-initargs-form proto-gf
-                                                       proto-method
-                                                       method-function-lambda
-                                                       initargs
-                                                       env)))
-         `(progn
-            ;; Note: We could DECLAIM the type of the generic
-            ;; function here, since ANSI specifies that we create it
-            ;; if it does not exist. However, I chose not to, because
-            ;; I think it's more useful to support a style of
-            ;; programming where every generic function has an
-            ;; explicit DEFGENERIC and any typos in DEFMETHODs are
-            ;; warned about. Otherwise
-            ;;   (DEFGENERIC FOO-BAR-BLETCH ((X T)))
-            ;;   (DEFMETHOD FOO-BAR-BLETCH ((X HASH-TABLE)) ..)
-            ;;   (DEFMETHOD FOO-BRA-BLETCH ((X SIMPLE-VECTOR)) ..)
-            ;;   (DEFMETHOD FOO-BAR-BLETCH ((X VECTOR)) ..)
-            ;;   (DEFMETHOD FOO-BAR-BLETCH ((X ARRAY)) ..)
-            ;;   (DEFMETHOD FOO-BAR-BLETCH ((X LIST)) ..)
-            ;; compiles without raising an error and runs without
-            ;; raising an error (since SIMPLE-VECTOR cases fall
-            ;; through to VECTOR) but still doesn't do what was
-            ;; intended. I hate that kind of bug (code which silently
-            ;; gives the wrong answer), so we don't do a DECLAIM
-            ;; here. -- WHN 20000229
-            ,@(when *make-instance-function-keys*
-                `((get-make-instance-functions
-                   ',*make-instance-function-keys*)))
-            ,@(when (or *asv-readers* *asv-writers* *asv-boundps*)
-                `((initialize-internal-slot-gfs*
-                   ',*asv-readers* ',*asv-writers* ',*asv-boundps*)))
-            ,(make-defmethod-form name qualifiers specializers
-                                  unspecialized-lambda-list
-                                  (if proto-method
-                                      (class-name (class-of proto-method))
-                                      'standard-method)
-                                  initargs-form
-                                  (getf (getf initargs ':plist)
-                                        ':pv-table-symbol))))))))
+  (multiple-value-bind (method-lambda unspecialized-lambda-list specializers)
+      (add-method-declarations name qualifiers lambda-list body env)
+    (multiple-value-bind (method-function-lambda initargs)
+       (make-method-lambda proto-gf proto-method method-lambda env)
+      (let ((initargs-form (make-method-initargs-form proto-gf
+                                                     proto-method
+                                                     method-function-lambda
+                                                     initargs
+                                                     env)))
+       `(progn
+         ;; Note: We could DECLAIM the ftype of the generic function
+         ;; here, since ANSI specifies that we create it if it does
+         ;; not exist. However, I chose not to, because I think it's
+         ;; more useful to support a style of programming where every
+         ;; generic function has an explicit DEFGENERIC and any typos
+         ;; in DEFMETHODs are warned about. Otherwise
+         ;;
+         ;;   (DEFGENERIC FOO-BAR-BLETCH ((X T)))
+         ;;   (DEFMETHOD FOO-BAR-BLETCH ((X HASH-TABLE)) ..)
+         ;;   (DEFMETHOD FOO-BRA-BLETCH ((X SIMPLE-VECTOR)) ..)
+         ;;   (DEFMETHOD FOO-BAR-BLETCH ((X VECTOR)) ..)
+         ;;   (DEFMETHOD FOO-BAR-BLETCH ((X ARRAY)) ..)
+         ;;   (DEFMETHOD FOO-BAR-BLETCH ((X LIST)) ..)
+         ;;
+         ;; compiles without raising an error and runs without
+         ;; raising an error (since SIMPLE-VECTOR cases fall through
+         ;; to VECTOR) but still doesn't do what was intended. I hate
+         ;; that kind of bug (code which silently gives the wrong
+         ;; answer), so we don't do a DECLAIM here. -- WHN 20000229
+         ,(make-defmethod-form name qualifiers specializers
+                               unspecialized-lambda-list
+                               (if proto-method
+                                   (class-name (class-of proto-method))
+                                   'standard-method)
+                               initargs-form
+                               (getf (getf initargs :plist)
+                                     :pv-table-symbol)))))))
 
 (defun interned-symbol-p (x)
   (and (symbolp x) (symbol-package x)))
@@ -363,18 +388,18 @@ bootstrapping.
                                 initargs-form &optional pv-table-symbol)
   (let (fn
        fn-lambda)
-    (if (and (interned-symbol-p (sb-int:function-name-block-name name))
+    (if (and (interned-symbol-p (fun-name-block-name name))
             (every #'interned-symbol-p qualifiers)
-            (every #'(lambda (s)
-                       (if (consp s)
-                           (and (eq (car s) 'eql)
-                                (constantp (cadr s))
-                                (let ((sv (eval (cadr s))))
-                                  (or (interned-symbol-p sv)
-                                      (integerp sv)
-                                      (and (characterp sv)
-                                           (standard-char-p sv)))))
-                           (interned-symbol-p s)))
+            (every (lambda (s)
+                     (if (consp s)
+                         (and (eq (car s) 'eql)
+                              (constantp (cadr s))
+                              (let ((sv (eval (cadr s))))
+                                (or (interned-symbol-p sv)
+                                    (integerp sv)
+                                    (and (characterp sv)
+                                         (standard-char-p sv)))))
+                         (interned-symbol-p s)))
                    specializers)
             (consp initargs-form)
             (eq (car initargs-form) 'list*)
@@ -388,35 +413,39 @@ bootstrapping.
                                     `(,(car specl) ,(eval (cadr specl)))
                                   specl))
                               specializers))
-              (mname `(,(if (eq (cadr initargs-form) ':function)
+              (mname `(,(if (eq (cadr initargs-form) :function)
                             'method 'fast-method)
                        ,name ,@qualifiers ,specls))
-              (mname-sym (intern (let ((*print-pretty* nil))
+              (mname-sym (intern (let ((*print-pretty* nil)
+                                       ;; (We bind *PACKAGE* to
+                                       ;; KEYWORD here as a way to
+                                       ;; force symbols to be printed
+                                       ;; with explicit package
+                                       ;; prefixes.)
+                                       (*package* *keyword-package*))
                                    (format nil "~S" mname)))))
-         `(eval-when ,*defmethod-times*
-           (defun ,mname-sym ,(cadr fn-lambda)
-             ,@(cddr fn-lambda))
-           ,(make-defmethod-form-internal
-             name qualifiers `',specls
-             unspecialized-lambda-list method-class-name
-             `(list* ,(cadr initargs-form)
-                     #',mname-sym
-                     ,@(cdddr initargs-form))
-             pv-table-symbol)))
-       (make-top-level-form
-        `(defmethod ,name ,@qualifiers ,specializers)
-        *defmethod-times*
-        (make-defmethod-form-internal
-         name qualifiers
-         `(list ,@(mapcar #'(lambda (specializer)
-                              (if (consp specializer)
-                                  ``(,',(car specializer)
-                                     ,,(cadr specializer))
-                                  `',specializer))
-                   specializers))
-         unspecialized-lambda-list method-class-name
-         initargs-form
-         pv-table-symbol)))))
+         `(progn
+            (defun ,mname-sym ,(cadr fn-lambda)
+              ,@(cddr fn-lambda))
+            ,(make-defmethod-form-internal
+              name qualifiers `',specls
+              unspecialized-lambda-list method-class-name
+              `(list* ,(cadr initargs-form)
+                      #',mname-sym
+                      ,@(cdddr initargs-form))
+              pv-table-symbol)))
+       (make-defmethod-form-internal
+        name qualifiers
+        `(list ,@(mapcar (lambda (specializer)
+                           (if (consp specializer)
+                               ``(,',(car specializer)
+                                  ,,(cadr specializer))
+                               `',specializer))
+                         specializers))
+        unspecialized-lambda-list
+        method-class-name
+        initargs-form
+        pv-table-symbol))))
 
 (defun make-defmethod-form-internal
     (name qualifiers specializers-form unspecialized-lambda-list
@@ -428,8 +457,10 @@ bootstrapping.
     ,specializers-form
     ',unspecialized-lambda-list
     ,initargs-form
-    ;; Paper over a bug in KCL by passing the cache-symbol here in addition to
-    ;; in the list. FIXME: We should no longer need to do this.
+    ;; Paper over a bug in KCL by passing the cache-symbol here in
+    ;; addition to in the list. FIXME: We should no longer need to do
+    ;; this, since the CLOS code is now SBCL-specific, and doesn't
+    ;; need to be ported to every buggy compiler in existence.
     ',pv-table-symbol))
 
 (defmacro make-method-function (method-lambda &environment env)
@@ -450,12 +481,36 @@ bootstrapping.
   (multiple-value-bind (parameters unspecialized-lambda-list specializers)
       (parse-specialized-lambda-list lambda-list)
     (declare (ignore parameters))
-    (multiple-value-bind (documentation declarations real-body)
-       (extract-declarations body env)
+    (multiple-value-bind (real-body declarations documentation)
+       (parse-body body env)
       (values `(lambda ,unspecialized-lambda-list
                 ,@(when documentation `(,documentation))
-                (declare (method-name ,(list name qualifiers specializers)))
-                (declare (method-lambda-list ,@lambda-list))
+                ;; (Old PCL code used a somewhat different style of
+                ;; list for %METHOD-NAME values. Our names use
+                ;; ,@QUALIFIERS instead of ,QUALIFIERS so that the
+                ;; method names look more like what you see in a
+                ;; DEFMETHOD form.)
+                ;;
+                ;; FIXME: As of sbcl-0.7.0.6, code elsewhere, at
+                ;; least the code to set up named BLOCKs around the
+                ;; bodies of methods, depends on the function's base
+                ;; name being the first element of the %METHOD-NAME
+                ;; list. It would be good to remove this dependency,
+                ;; perhaps by building the BLOCK here, or by using
+                ;; another declaration (e.g. %BLOCK-NAME), so that
+                ;; our method debug names are free to have any format,
+                ;; e.g. (:METHOD PRINT-OBJECT :AROUND (CLOWN T)).
+                ;;
+                ;; Further, as of sbcl-0.7.9.10, the code to
+                ;; implement NO-NEXT-METHOD is coupled to the form of
+                ;; this declaration; see the definition of
+                ;; CALL-NO-NEXT-METHOD (and the passing of
+                ;; METHOD-NAME-DECLARATION arguments around the
+                ;; various CALL-NEXT-METHOD logic).
+                (declare (%method-name (,name
+                                        ,@qualifiers
+                                        ,specializers)))
+                (declare (%method-lambda-list ,@lambda-list))
                 ,@declarations
                 ,@real-body)
              unspecialized-lambda-list specializers))))
@@ -463,8 +518,9 @@ bootstrapping.
 (defun real-make-method-initargs-form (proto-gf proto-method
                                       method-lambda initargs env)
   (declare (ignore proto-gf proto-method))
-  (unless (and (consp method-lambda) (eq (car method-lambda) 'lambda))
-    (error "The METHOD-LAMBDA argument to MAKE-METHOD-FUNCTION, ~S,~
+  (unless (and (consp method-lambda)
+              (eq (car method-lambda) 'lambda))
+    (error "The METHOD-LAMBDA argument to MAKE-METHOD-FUNCTION, ~S, ~
            is not a lambda form."
           method-lambda))
   (make-method-initargs-form-internal method-lambda initargs env))
@@ -477,94 +533,106 @@ bootstrapping.
   (declare (ignore proto-gf proto-method))
   (make-method-lambda-internal method-lambda env))
 
+;;; a helper function for creating Python-friendly type declarations
+;;; in DEFMETHOD forms
+(defun parameter-specializer-declaration-in-defmethod (parameter specializer)
+  (cond ((and (consp specializer)
+             (eq (car specializer) 'eql))
+        ;; KLUDGE: ANSI, in its wisdom, says that
+        ;; EQL-SPECIALIZER-FORMs in EQL specializers are evaluated at
+        ;; DEFMETHOD expansion time. Thus, although one might think
+        ;; that in
+        ;;   (DEFMETHOD FOO ((X PACKAGE)
+        ;;                   (Y (EQL 12))
+        ;;      ..))
+        ;; the PACKAGE and (EQL 12) forms are both parallel type
+        ;; names, they're not, as is made clear when you do
+        ;;   (DEFMETHOD FOO ((X PACKAGE)
+        ;;                   (Y (EQL 'BAR)))
+        ;;     ..)
+        ;; where Y needs to be a symbol named "BAR", not some cons
+        ;; made by (CONS 'QUOTE 'BAR). I.e. when the
+        ;; EQL-SPECIALIZER-FORM is (EQL 'X), it requires an argument
+        ;; to be of type (EQL X). It'd be easy to transform one to
+        ;; the other, but it'd be somewhat messier to do so while
+        ;; ensuring that the EQL-SPECIALIZER-FORM is only EVAL'd
+        ;; once. (The new code wouldn't be messy, but it'd require a
+        ;; big transformation of the old code.) So instead we punt.
+        ;; -- WHN 20000610
+        '(ignorable))
+       ((member specializer
+                ;; KLUDGE: For some low-level implementation
+                ;; classes, perhaps because of some problems related
+                ;; to the incomplete integration of PCL into SBCL's
+                ;; type system, some specializer classes can't be
+                ;; declared as argument types. E.g.
+                ;;   (DEFMETHOD FOO ((X SLOT-OBJECT))
+                ;;     (DECLARE (TYPE SLOT-OBJECT X))
+                ;;     ..)
+                ;; loses when
+                ;;   (DEFSTRUCT BAR A B)
+                ;;   (FOO (MAKE-BAR))
+                ;; perhaps because of the way that STRUCTURE-OBJECT
+                ;; inherits both from SLOT-OBJECT and from
+                ;; SB-KERNEL:INSTANCE. In an effort to sweep such
+                ;; problems under the rug, we exclude these problem
+                ;; cases by blacklisting them here. -- WHN 2001-01-19
+                '(slot-object))
+        '(ignorable))
+       ((not (eq *boot-state* 'complete))
+        ;; KLUDGE: PCL, in its wisdom, sometimes calls methods with
+        ;; types which don't match their specializers. (Specifically,
+        ;; it calls ENSURE-CLASS-USING-CLASS (T NULL) with a non-NULL
+        ;; second argument.) Hopefully it only does this kind of
+        ;; weirdness when bootstrapping.. -- WHN 20000610
+        '(ignorable))
+       (t
+        ;; Otherwise, we can make Python very happy.
+        `(type ,specializer ,parameter))))
+
 (defun make-method-lambda-internal (method-lambda &optional env)
   (unless (and (consp method-lambda) (eq (car method-lambda) 'lambda))
-    (error "The METHOD-LAMBDA argument to MAKE-METHOD-LAMBDA, ~S,~
+    (error "The METHOD-LAMBDA argument to MAKE-METHOD-LAMBDA, ~S, ~
            is not a lambda form."
           method-lambda))
-  (multiple-value-bind (documentation declarations real-body)
-      (extract-declarations (cddr method-lambda) env)
-    (let* ((name-decl (get-declaration 'method-name declarations))
-          (sll-decl (get-declaration 'method-lambda-list declarations))
+  (multiple-value-bind (real-body declarations documentation)
+      (parse-body (cddr method-lambda) env)
+    (let* ((name-decl (get-declaration '%method-name declarations))
+          (sll-decl (get-declaration '%method-lambda-list declarations))
           (method-name (when (consp name-decl) (car name-decl)))
           (generic-function-name (when method-name (car method-name)))
           (specialized-lambda-list (or sll-decl (cadr method-lambda))))
       (multiple-value-bind (parameters lambda-list specializers)
          (parse-specialized-lambda-list specialized-lambda-list)
        (let* ((required-parameters
-               (mapcar #'(lambda (r s) (declare (ignore s)) r)
+               (mapcar (lambda (r s) (declare (ignore s)) r)
                        parameters
                        specializers))
               (slots (mapcar #'list required-parameters))
               (calls (list nil))
-              (parameters-to-reference
-               (make-parameter-references specialized-lambda-list
-                                          required-parameters
-                                          declarations
-                                          method-name
-                                          specializers))
               (class-declarations
                `(declare
-                 ;; FIXME: Are these (DECLARE (SB-PCL::CLASS FOO BAR))
-                 ;; declarations used for anything any more?
+                 ;; These declarations seem to be used by PCL to pass
+                 ;; information to itself; when I tried to delete 'em
+                 ;; ca. 0.6.10 it didn't work. I'm not sure how
+                 ;; they work, but note the (VAR-DECLARATION '%CLASS ..)
+                 ;; expression in CAN-OPTIMIZE-ACCESS1. -- WHN 2000-12-30
                  ,@(remove nil
                            (mapcar (lambda (a s) (and (symbolp s)
-                                                      (neq s 't)
-                                                      `(class ,a ,s)))
+                                                      (neq s t)
+                                                      `(%class ,a ,s)))
                                    parameters
                                    specializers))
                  ;; These TYPE declarations weren't in the original
-                 ;; PCL code, but Python likes them a lot. (We're
-                 ;; telling the compiler about our knowledge of
-                 ;; specialized argument types so that it can avoid
-                 ;; run-time type overhead, which can be a big win
-                 ;; for Python.)
-                 ,@(mapcar (lambda (a s)
-                             (cond ((and (consp s)
-                                         (eql (car s) 'eql))
-                                    ;; KLUDGE: ANSI, in its wisdom, says
-                                    ;; that EQL-SPECIALIZER-FORMs in EQL
-                                    ;; specializers are evaluated at
-                                    ;; DEFMETHOD expansion time. Thus,
-                                    ;; although one might think that in
-                                    ;;   (DEFMETHOD FOO ((X PACKAGE)
-                                    ;;                   (Y (EQL 12))
-                                    ;;      ..))
-                                    ;; the PACKAGE and (EQL 12) forms are
-                                    ;; both parallel type names, they're
-                                    ;; not, as is made clear when you do
-                                    ;;   (DEFMETHOD FOO ((X PACKAGE)
-                                    ;;                   (Y (EQL 'BAR)))
-                                    ;;     ..)
-                                    ;; where Y needs to be a symbol
-                                    ;; named "BAR", not some cons made by
-                                    ;; (CONS 'QUOTE 'BAR). I.e. when
-                                    ;; the EQL-SPECIALIZER-FORM is (EQL 'X),
-                                    ;; it requires an argument to be of
-                                    ;; type (EQL X). It'd be easy to transform
-                                    ;; one to the other, but it'd be somewhat
-                                    ;; messier to do so while ensuring that
-                                    ;; the EQL-SPECIALIZER-FORM is only
-                                    ;; EVAL'd once. (The new code wouldn't
-                                    ;; be messy, but it'd require a big
-                                    ;; transformation of the old code.)
-                                    ;; So instead we punt. -- WHN 20000610
-                                    '(ignorable))
-                                   ((not (eq *boot-state* 'complete))
-                                    ;; KLUDGE: PCL, in its wisdom, 
-                                    ;; sometimes calls methods with
-                                    ;; types which don't match their
-                                    ;; specializers. (Specifically, it calls
-                                    ;; ENSURE-CLASS-USING-CLASS (T NULL)
-                                    ;; with a non-NULL second argument.)
-                                    ;; Hopefully it only does this kind
-                                    ;; of weirdness when bootstrapping..
-                                    ;; -- WHN 20000610
-                                    '(ignorable))
-                                   (t
-                                    ;; Otherwise, we can make Python
-                                    ;; very happy.
-                                    `(type ,s ,a))))
+                 ;; PCL code, but the Python compiler likes them a
+                 ;; lot. (We're telling the compiler about our
+                 ;; knowledge of specialized argument types so that
+                 ;; it can avoid run-time type dispatch overhead,
+                 ;; which can be a huge win for Python.)
+                 ;;
+                 ;; FIXME: Perhaps these belong in
+                 ;; ADD-METHOD-DECLARATIONS instead of here?
+                 ,@(mapcar #'parameter-specializer-declaration-in-defmethod
                            parameters
                            specializers)))
               (method-lambda
@@ -572,32 +640,37 @@ bootstrapping.
                ;; appropriate class declarations. The documentation
                ;; string is removed to make it easy for us to insert
                ;; new declarations later, they will just go after the
-               ;; cadr of the method lambda. The class declarations
+               ;; CADR of the method lambda. The class declarations
                ;; are inserted to communicate the class of the method's
                ;; arguments to the code walk.
                `(lambda ,lambda-list
+                  ;; The default ignorability of method parameters
+                  ;; doesn't seem to be specified by ANSI. PCL had
+                  ;; them basically ignorable but was a little
+                  ;; inconsistent. E.g. even though the two
+                  ;; method definitions 
+                  ;;   (DEFMETHOD FOO ((X T) (Y T)) "Z")
+                  ;;   (DEFMETHOD FOO ((X T) Y) "Z")
+                  ;; are otherwise equivalent, PCL treated Y as
+                  ;; ignorable in the first definition but not in the
+                  ;; second definition. We make all required
+                  ;; parameters ignorable as a way of systematizing
+                  ;; the old PCL behavior. -- WHN 2000-11-24
+                  (declare (ignorable ,@required-parameters))
                   ,class-declarations
                   ,@declarations
-                  (declare (ignorable ,@parameters-to-reference))
-
-                  ;; FIXME: should become FUNCTION-NAME-BLOCK-NAME
-                  (block ,(if (listp generic-function-name)
-                              (cadr generic-function-name)
-                            generic-function-name)
+                  (block ,(fun-name-block-name generic-function-name)
                     ,@real-body)))
               (constant-value-p (and (null (cdr real-body))
                                      (constantp (car real-body))))
               (constant-value (and constant-value-p
                                    (eval (car real-body))))
-              ;; FIXME: This can become a bare AND (no IF), just like
-              ;; the expression for CONSTANT-VALUE just above.
-              (plist (if (and constant-value-p
-                              (or (typep constant-value
-                                         '(or number character))
-                                  (and (symbolp constant-value)
-                                       (symbol-package constant-value))))
-                         (list :constant-value constant-value)
-                         ()))
+              (plist (and constant-value-p
+                           (or (typep constant-value
+                                      '(or number character))
+                               (and (symbolp constant-value)
+                                    (symbol-package constant-value)))
+                           (list :constant-value constant-value)))
               (applyp (dolist (p lambda-list nil)
                         (cond ((memq p '(&optional &rest &key))
                                (return t))
@@ -610,12 +683,13 @@ bootstrapping.
                                  env
                                  slots
                                  calls)
-           (multiple-value-bind
-               (ignore walked-declarations walked-lambda-body)
-               (extract-declarations (cddr walked-lambda))
-             (declare (ignore ignore))
+           (multiple-value-bind (walked-lambda-body
+                                 walked-declarations
+                                 walked-documentation)
+               (parse-body (cddr walked-lambda) env)
+             (declare (ignore walked-documentation))
              (when (or next-method-p-p call-next-method-p)
-               (setq plist (list* :needs-next-methods-p 't plist)))
+               (setq plist (list* :needs-next-methods-p t plist)))
              (when (some #'cdr slots)
                (multiple-value-bind (slot-name-lists call-list)
                    (slot-name-lists-from-slots slots calls)
@@ -644,6 +718,14 @@ bootstrapping.
                                        :call-next-method-p
                                        ,call-next-method-p
                                        :next-method-p-p ,next-method-p-p
+                                       ;; we need to pass this along
+                                       ;; so that NO-NEXT-METHOD can
+                                       ;; be given a suitable METHOD
+                                       ;; argument; we need the
+                                       ;; QUALIFIERS and SPECIALIZERS
+                                       ;; inside the declaration to
+                                       ;; give to FIND-METHOD.
+                                       :method-name-declaration ,name-decl
                                        :closurep ,closurep
                                        :applyp ,applyp)
                          ,@walked-declarations
@@ -675,10 +757,10 @@ bootstrapping.
                                          rest-arg
                                          &rest lmf-options)
                                         &body body)
- `(bind-fast-lexical-method-macros (,args ,rest-arg ,next-method-call)
-    (bind-lexical-method-functions (,@lmf-options)
-      (bind-args (,(nthcdr (length args) lambda-list) ,rest-arg)
-       ,@body))))
+  `(bind-fast-lexical-method-macros (,args ,rest-arg ,next-method-call)
+     (bind-lexical-method-functions (,@lmf-options)
+       (bind-args (,(nthcdr (length args) lambda-list) ,rest-arg)
+        ,@body))))
 
 (defmacro bind-simple-lexical-method-macros ((method-args next-methods)
                                             &body body)
@@ -687,19 +769,33 @@ bootstrapping.
                       (,',next-methods (cdr ,',next-methods)))
                   .next-method. ,',next-methods
                   ,@body))
-             (call-next-method-body (cnm-args)
+             (call-next-method-body (method-name-declaration cnm-args)
                `(if .next-method.
                     (funcall (if (std-instance-p .next-method.)
                                  (method-function .next-method.)
                                  .next-method.) ; for early methods
                              (or ,cnm-args ,',method-args)
                              ,',next-methods)
-                    (error "no next method")))
+                    (apply #'call-no-next-method ',method-name-declaration
+                           (or ,cnm-args ,',method-args))))
              (next-method-p-body ()
                `(not (null .next-method.))))
      ,@body))
 
-(defstruct method-call
+(defun call-no-next-method (method-name-declaration &rest args)
+  (destructuring-bind (name) method-name-declaration
+    (destructuring-bind (name &rest qualifiers-and-specializers) name
+      ;; KLUDGE: inefficient traversal, but hey.  This should only
+      ;; happen on the slow error path anyway.
+      (let* ((qualifiers (butlast qualifiers-and-specializers))
+            (specializers (car (last qualifiers-and-specializers)))
+            (method (find-method (gdefinition name) qualifiers specializers)))
+       (apply #'no-next-method
+              (method-generic-function method)
+              method
+              args)))))
+
+(defstruct (method-call (:copier nil))
   (function #'identity :type function)
   call-method-args)
 
@@ -720,7 +816,7 @@ bootstrapping.
                             `(list ,@required-args+rest-arg))
                        (method-call-call-method-args ,method-call)))
 
-(defstruct fast-method-call
+(defstruct (fast-method-call (:copier nil))
   (function #'identity :type function)
   pv-cell
   next-method-call
@@ -737,17 +833,14 @@ bootstrapping.
                (fast-method-call-next-method-call ,method-call)
                ,@required-args+rest-arg))
 
-(defstruct fast-instance-boundp
+(defstruct (fast-instance-boundp (:copier nil))
   (index 0 :type fixnum))
 
 #-sb-fluid (declaim (sb-ext:freeze-type fast-instance-boundp))
 
 (eval-when (:compile-toplevel :load-toplevel :execute)
-
-(defvar *allow-emf-call-tracing-p* nil)
-(defvar *enable-emf-call-tracing-p* #-testing nil #+testing t)
-
-) ; EVAL-WHEN
+  (defvar *allow-emf-call-tracing-p* nil)
+  (defvar *enable-emf-call-tracing-p* #-sb-show nil #+sb-show t))
 \f
 ;;;; effective method functions
 
@@ -797,17 +890,31 @@ bootstrapping.
                                                &rest required-args+rest-arg)
   (unless (constantp restp)
     (error "The RESTP argument is not constant."))
+  ;; FIXME: The RESTP handling here is confusing and maybe slightly
+  ;; broken if RESTP evaluates to a non-self-evaluating form. E.g. if
+  ;;   (INVOKE-EFFECTIVE-METHOD-FUNCTION EMF '(ERROR "gotcha") ...)
+  ;; then TRACE-EMF-CALL-CALL-INTERNAL might die on a gotcha error.
   (setq restp (eval restp))
   `(progn
      (trace-emf-call ,emf ,restp (list ,@required-args+rest-arg))
      (cond ((typep ,emf 'fast-method-call)
-            (invoke-fast-method-call ,emf ,@required-args+rest-arg))
+           (invoke-fast-method-call ,emf ,@required-args+rest-arg))
+          ;; "What," you may wonder, "do these next two clauses do?"
+          ;; In that case, you are not a PCL implementor, for they
+          ;; considered this to be self-documenting.:-| Or CSR, for
+          ;; that matter, since he can also figure it out by looking
+          ;; at it without breaking stride. For the rest of us,
+          ;; though: From what the code is doing with .SLOTS. and
+          ;; whatnot, evidently it's implementing SLOT-VALUEish and
+          ;; GET-SLOT-VALUEish things. Then we can reason backwards
+          ;; and conclude that setting EMF to a FIXNUM is an
+          ;; optimized way to represent these slot access operations.
           ,@(when (and (null restp) (= 1 (length required-args+rest-arg)))
               `(((typep ,emf 'fixnum)
                  (let* ((.slots. (get-slots-or-nil
                                   ,(car required-args+rest-arg)))
-                        (value (when .slots. (%instance-ref .slots. ,emf))))
-                   (if (eq value ',*slot-unbound*)
+                        (value (when .slots. (clos-slots-ref .slots. ,emf))))
+                   (if (eq value +slot-unbound+)
                        (slot-unbound-internal ,(car required-args+rest-arg)
                                               ,emf)
                        value)))))
@@ -815,19 +922,13 @@ bootstrapping.
               `(((typep ,emf 'fixnum)
                  (let ((.new-value. ,(car required-args+rest-arg))
                        (.slots. (get-slots-or-nil
-                                 ,(car required-args+rest-arg))))
-                   (when .slots. ; just to avoid compiler warnings
-                     (setf (%instance-ref .slots. ,emf) .new-value.))))))
-          #||
-          ,@(when (and (null restp) (= 1 (length required-args+rest-arg)))
-              `(((typep ,emf 'fast-instance-boundp)
-                 (let ((.slots. (get-slots-or-nil
-                                 ,(car required-args+rest-arg))))
-                   (and .slots.
-                        (not (eq (%instance-ref
-                                  .slots. (fast-instance-boundp-index ,emf))
-                                 ',*slot-unbound*)))))))
-          ||#
+                                 ,(cadr required-args+rest-arg))))
+                   (when .slots.
+                     (setf (clos-slots-ref .slots. ,emf) .new-value.))))))
+          ;; (In cmucl-2.4.8 there was a commented-out third ,@(WHEN
+          ;; ...) clause here to handle SLOT-BOUNDish stuff. Since
+          ;; there was no explanation and presumably the code is 10+
+          ;; years stale, I simply deleted it. -- WHN)
           (t
            (etypecase ,emf
              (method-call
@@ -876,99 +977,114 @@ bootstrapping.
     (fixnum
      (cond ((null args) (error "1 or 2 args were expected."))
           ((null (cdr args))
-           (let ((value (%instance-ref (get-slots (car args)) emf)))
-             (if (eq value *slot-unbound*)
+           (let* ((slots (get-slots (car args)))
+                   (value (clos-slots-ref slots emf)))
+             (if (eq value +slot-unbound+)
                  (slot-unbound-internal (car args) emf)
                  value)))
           ((null (cddr args))
-           (setf (%instance-ref (get-slots (cadr args)) emf)
-                 (car args)))
+             (setf (clos-slots-ref (get-slots (cadr args)) emf)
+                  (car args)))
           (t (error "1 or 2 args were expected."))))
     (fast-instance-boundp
      (if (or (null args) (cdr args))
         (error "1 arg was expected.")
-        (not (eq (%instance-ref (get-slots (car args))
-                                (fast-instance-boundp-index emf))
-                 *slot-unbound*))))
+       (let ((slots (get-slots (car args))))
+        (not (eq (clos-slots-ref slots
+                                 (fast-instance-boundp-index emf))
+                 +slot-unbound+)))))
     (function
      (apply emf args))))
-
-;; KLUDGE: A comment from the original PCL said "This can be improved alot."
-(defun gf-make-function-from-emf (gf emf)
-  (etypecase emf
-    (fast-method-call (let* ((arg-info (gf-arg-info gf))
-                            (nreq (arg-info-number-required arg-info))
-                            (restp (arg-info-applyp arg-info)))
-                       #'(lambda (&rest args)
-                           (trace-emf-call emf t args)
-                           (apply (fast-method-call-function emf)
-                                  (fast-method-call-pv-cell emf)
-                                  (fast-method-call-next-method-call emf)
-                                  (if restp
-                                      (let* ((rest-args (nthcdr nreq args))
-                                             (req-args (ldiff args
-                                                              rest-args)))
-                                        (nconc req-args rest-args))
-                                      args)))))
-    (method-call #'(lambda (&rest args)
-                    (trace-emf-call emf t args)
-                    (apply (method-call-function emf)
-                           args
-                           (method-call-call-method-args emf))))
-    (function emf)))
 \f
 (defmacro bind-fast-lexical-method-macros ((args rest-arg next-method-call)
                                           &body body)
-  `(macrolet ((call-next-method-bind (&body body)
-               `(let () ,@body))
-             (call-next-method-body (cnm-args)
-               `(if ,',next-method-call
-                    ,(if (and (null ',rest-arg)
-                              (consp cnm-args)
-                              (eq (car cnm-args) 'list))
-                         `(invoke-effective-method-function
-                           ,',next-method-call nil
-                           ,@(cdr cnm-args))
-                         (let ((call `(invoke-effective-method-function
-                                       ,',next-method-call
-                                       ,',(not (null rest-arg))
-                                       ,@',args
-                                       ,@',(when rest-arg `(,rest-arg)))))
-                           `(if ,cnm-args
-                                (bind-args ((,@',args
-                                             ,@',(when rest-arg
-                                                   `(&rest ,rest-arg)))
-                                            ,cnm-args)
-                                           ,call)
-                                ,call)))
-                    (error "no next method")))
+  `(macrolet ((narrowed-emf (emf)
+               ;; INVOKE-EFFECTIVE-METHOD-FUNCTION has code in it to
+               ;; dispatch on the possibility that EMF might be of
+               ;; type FIXNUM (as an optimized representation of a
+               ;; slot accessor). But as far as I (WHN 2002-06-11)
+               ;; can tell, it's impossible for such a representation
+               ;; to end up as .NEXT-METHOD-CALL. By reassuring
+               ;; INVOKE-E-M-F that when called from this context
+               ;; it needn't worry about the FIXNUM case, we can
+               ;; keep those cases from being compiled, which is
+               ;; good both because it saves bytes and because it
+               ;; avoids annoying type mismatch compiler warnings.
+               ;;
+                ;; KLUDGE: In sbcl-0.7.4.29, the compiler's type
+               ;; system isn't smart enough about NOT and intersection
+               ;; types to benefit from a (NOT FIXNUM) declaration
+               ;; here. -- WHN 2002-06-12
+               ;;
+               ;; FIXME: Might the FUNCTION type be omittable here,
+               ;; leaving only METHOD-CALLs? Failing that, could this
+               ;; be documented somehow? (It'd be nice if the types
+               ;; involved could be understood without solving the
+                ;; halting problem.)
+                `(the (or function method-call fast-method-call)
+                  ,emf))
+             (call-next-method-bind (&body body)
+               `(let () ,@body))
+             (call-next-method-body (method-name-declaration cnm-args)
+               `(if ,',next-method-call
+                 ,(locally
+                   ;; This declaration suppresses a "deleting
+                   ;; unreachable code" note for the following IF when
+                   ;; REST-ARG is NIL. It is not nice for debugging
+                   ;; SBCL itself, but at least it keeps us from
+                   ;; annoying users.
+                   (declare (optimize (inhibit-warnings 3)))
+                   (if (and (null ',rest-arg)
+                            (consp cnm-args)
+                            (eq (car cnm-args) 'list))
+                       `(invoke-effective-method-function
+                         (narrowed-emf ,',next-method-call)
+                        nil
+                         ,@(cdr cnm-args))
+                       (let ((call `(invoke-effective-method-function
+                                     (narrowed-emf ,',next-method-call)
+                                     ,',(not (null rest-arg))
+                                     ,@',args
+                                     ,@',(when rest-arg `(,rest-arg)))))
+                         `(if ,cnm-args
+                           (bind-args ((,@',args
+                                        ,@',(when rest-arg
+                                             `(&rest ,rest-arg)))
+                                       ,cnm-args)
+                            ,call)
+                           ,call))))
+                ,(locally
+                  ;; As above, this declaration suppresses code
+                  ;; deletion notes.
+                  (declare (optimize (inhibit-warnings 3)))
+                  (if (and (null ',rest-arg)
+                           (consp cnm-args)
+                           (eq (car cnm-args) 'list))
+                      `(call-no-next-method ',method-name-declaration
+                                            ,@(cdr cnm-args))
+                      `(call-no-next-method ',method-name-declaration
+                                            ,@',args
+                                            ,@',(when rest-arg
+                                                      `(,rest-arg)))))))
              (next-method-p-body ()
-               `(not (null ,',next-method-call))))
-     ,@body))
+               `(not (null ,',next-method-call))))
+    ,@body))
 
 (defmacro bind-lexical-method-functions
-    ((&key call-next-method-p next-method-p-p closurep applyp)
+    ((&key call-next-method-p next-method-p-p
+          closurep applyp method-name-declaration)
      &body body)
   (cond ((and (null call-next-method-p) (null next-method-p-p)
              (null closurep)
              (null applyp))
         `(let () ,@body))
-        ((and (null closurep)
-              (null applyp))
-        ;; OK to use MACROLET, and all args are mandatory
-        ;; (else APPLYP would be true).
-        `(call-next-method-bind
-           (macrolet ((call-next-method (&rest cnm-args)
-                        `(call-next-method-body ,(when cnm-args
-                                                   `(list ,@cnm-args))))
-                      (next-method-p ()
-                        `(next-method-p-body)))
-              ,@body)))
        (t
         `(call-next-method-bind
            (flet (,@(and call-next-method-p
-                         '((call-next-method (&rest cnm-args)
-                             (call-next-method-body cnm-args))))
+                         `((call-next-method (&rest cnm-args)
+                            (call-next-method-body
+                             ,method-name-declaration
+                             cnm-args))))
                   ,@(and next-method-p-p
                          '((next-method-p ()
                              (next-method-p-body)))))
@@ -982,14 +1098,15 @@ bootstrapping.
             (if (memq var lambda-list-keywords)
                 (progn
                   (case var
-                    (&optional  (setq state 'optional))
+                    (&optional       (setq state 'optional))
                     (&key            (setq state 'key))
                     (&allow-other-keys)
-                    (&rest          (setq state 'rest))
+                    (&rest           (setq state 'rest))
                     (&aux            (setq state 'aux))
                     (otherwise
-                     (error "encountered the non-standard lambda list keyword ~S"
-                            var)))
+                     (error
+                      "encountered the non-standard lambda list keyword ~S"
+                      var)))
                   nil)
                 (case state
                   (required `((,var (pop ,args-tail))))
@@ -1007,18 +1124,19 @@ bootstrapping.
                                                      ,(cadr var)))))))
                   (rest `((,var ,args-tail)))
                   (key (cond ((not (consp var))
-                              `((,var (get-key-arg ,(make-keyword var)
-                                                   ,args-tail))))
+                              `((,var (car
+                                       (get-key-arg-tail ,(keywordicate var)
+                                                         ,args-tail)))))
                              ((null (cddr var))
                               (multiple-value-bind (keyword variable)
                                   (if (consp (car var))
                                       (values (caar var)
                                               (cadar var))
-                                      (values (make-keyword (car var))
+                                      (values (keywordicate (car var))
                                               (car var)))
-                                 ;; MNA: non-self-eval-keyword patch
-                                `((,key (get-key-arg1 ',keyword ,args-tail))
-                                  (,variable (if (consp ,key)
+                                `((,key (get-key-arg-tail ',keyword
+                                                          ,args-tail))
+                                  (,variable (if ,key
                                                  (car ,key)
                                                  ,(cadr var))))))
                              (t
@@ -1026,12 +1144,12 @@ bootstrapping.
                                   (if (consp (car var))
                                       (values (caar var)
                                               (cadar var))
-                                      (values (make-keyword (car var))
+                                      (values (keywordicate (car var))
                                               (car var)))
-                                 ;; MNA: non-self-eval-keyword patch
-                                `((,key (get-key-arg1 ',keyword ,args-tail))
+                                `((,key (get-key-arg-tail ',keyword
+                                                          ,args-tail))
                                   (,(caddr var) ,key)
-                                  (,variable (if (consp ,key)
+                                  (,variable (if ,key
                                                  (car ,key)
                                                  ,(cadr var))))))))
                   (aux `(,var))))))
@@ -1041,15 +1159,14 @@ bootstrapping.
           (declare (ignorable ,args-tail))
           ,@body)))))
 
-(defun get-key-arg (keyword list)
-  (loop (when (atom list) (return nil))
-       (when (eq (car list) keyword) (return (cadr list)))
-       (setq list (cddr list))))
-
-(defun get-key-arg1 (keyword list)
-  (loop (when (atom list) (return nil))
-       (when (eq (car list) keyword) (return (cdr list)))
-       (setq list (cddr list))))
+(defun get-key-arg-tail (keyword list)
+  (loop for (key . tail) on list by #'cddr
+       when (null tail) do
+         ;; FIXME: Do we want to export this symbol? Or maybe use an
+         ;; (ERROR 'SIMPLE-PROGRAM-ERROR) form?
+         (sb-c::%odd-key-args-error)
+       when (eq key keyword)
+         return tail))
 
 (defun walk-method-lambda (method-lambda required-parameters env slots calls)
   (let ((call-next-method-p nil)   ; flag indicating that CALL-NEXT-METHOD
@@ -1059,7 +1176,7 @@ bootstrapping.
        (next-method-p-p nil))     ; flag indicating that NEXT-METHOD-P
                                   ; should be in the method definition
     (flet ((walk-function (form context env)
-            (cond ((not (eq context ':eval)) form)
+            (cond ((not (eq context :eval)) form)
                   ;; FIXME: Jumping to a conclusion from the way it's used
                   ;; above, perhaps CONTEXT should be called SITUATION
                   ;; (after the term used in the ANSI specification of
@@ -1067,39 +1184,32 @@ bootstrapping.
                   ;; like :LOAD-TOPLEVEL.
                   ((not (listp form)) form)
                   ((eq (car form) 'call-next-method)
-                   (setq call-next-method-p 't)
+                   (setq call-next-method-p t)
                    form)
                   ((eq (car form) 'next-method-p)
-                   (setq next-method-p-p 't)
+                   (setq next-method-p-p t)
                    form)
                   ((and (eq (car form) 'function)
                         (cond ((eq (cadr form) 'call-next-method)
-                               (setq call-next-method-p 't)
+                               (setq call-next-method-p t)
                                (setq closurep t)
                                form)
                               ((eq (cadr form) 'next-method-p)
-                               (setq next-method-p-p 't)
+                               (setq next-method-p-p t)
                                (setq closurep t)
                                form)
                               (t nil))))
-                  (;; FIXME: should be MEMQ or FIND :TEST #'EQ
-                   (and (or (eq (car form) 'slot-value)
-                            (eq (car form) 'set-slot-value)
-                            (eq (car form) 'slot-boundp))
+                  ((and (memq (car form)
+                               '(slot-value set-slot-value slot-boundp))
                         (constantp (caddr form)))
-                   (let ((parameter (can-optimize-access form
-                                                         required-parameters
-                                                         env)))
-                     ;; FIXME: could be
-                     ;;   (LET ((FUN (ECASE (CAR FORM) ..)))
-                     ;;     (FUNCALL FUN SLOTS PARAMETER FORM))
-                     (ecase (car form)
-                       (slot-value
-                        (optimize-slot-value     slots parameter form))
-                       (set-slot-value
-                        (optimize-set-slot-value slots parameter form))
-                       (slot-boundp
-                        (optimize-slot-boundp    slots parameter form)))))
+                     (let ((parameter (can-optimize-access form
+                                                          required-parameters
+                                                          env)))
+                      (let ((fun (ecase (car form)
+                                   (slot-value #'optimize-slot-value)
+                                   (set-slot-value #'optimize-set-slot-value)
+                                   (slot-boundp #'optimize-slot-boundp))))
+                        (funcall fun slots parameter form))))
                   ((and (eq (car form) 'apply)
                         (consp (cadr form))
                         (eq (car (cadr form)) 'function)
@@ -1109,13 +1219,6 @@ bootstrapping.
                   ((generic-function-name-p (car form))
                    (optimize-generic-function-call
                     form required-parameters env slots calls))
-                  ((and (eq (car form) 'asv-funcall)
-                        *optimize-asv-funcall-p*)
-                   (case (fourth form)
-                     (reader (push (third form) *asv-readers*))
-                     (writer (push (third form) *asv-writers*))
-                     (boundp (push (third form) *asv-boundps*)))
-                   `(,(second form) ,@(cddddr form)))
                   (t form))))
 
       (let ((walked-lambda (walk-form method-lambda env #'walk-function)))
@@ -1125,35 +1228,11 @@ bootstrapping.
                next-method-p-p)))))
 
 (defun generic-function-name-p (name)
-  (and (sb-int:legal-function-name-p name)
+  (and (legal-fun-name-p name)
        (gboundp name)
        (if (eq *boot-state* 'complete)
           (standard-generic-function-p (gdefinition name))
           (funcallable-instance-p (gdefinition name)))))
-
-(defun make-parameter-references (specialized-lambda-list
-                                 required-parameters
-                                 declarations
-                                 method-name
-                                 specializers)
-  (flet ((ignoredp (symbol)
-          (dolist (decl (cdar declarations))
-            (when (and (eq (car decl) 'ignore)
-                       (memq symbol (cdr decl)))
-              (return t)))))
-    (gathering ((references (collecting)))
-      (iterate ((s (list-elements specialized-lambda-list))
-               (p (list-elements required-parameters)))
-       (progn p)
-       (cond ((not (listp s)))
-             ((ignoredp (car s))
-              (warn "In DEFMETHOD ~S, there is a~%~
-                     redundant IGNORE declaration for the parameter ~S."
-                    method-name
-                    specializers
-                    (car s)))
-             (t
-              (gather (car s) references)))))))
 \f
 (defvar *method-function-plist* (make-hash-table :test 'eq))
 (defvar *mf1* nil)
@@ -1176,8 +1255,7 @@ bootstrapping.
          *mf1p* (gethash method-function *method-function-plist*)))
   *mf1p*)
 
-(defun #-setf SETF\ SB-PCL\ METHOD-FUNCTION-PLIST
-       #+setf (setf method-function-plist)
+(defun (setf method-function-plist)
     (val method-function)
   (unless (eq method-function *mf1*)
     (rotatef *mf1* *mf2*)
@@ -1192,8 +1270,7 @@ bootstrapping.
 (defun method-function-get (method-function key &optional default)
   (getf (method-function-plist method-function) key default))
 
-(defun #-setf SETF\ SB-PCL\ METHOD-FUNCTION-GET
-       #+setf (setf method-function-get)
+(defun (setf method-function-get)
     (val method-function key)
   (setf (getf (method-function-plist method-function) key) val))
 
@@ -1211,42 +1288,36 @@ bootstrapping.
 
 (defun load-defmethod
     (class name quals specls ll initargs &optional pv-table-symbol)
-  (when (listp name) (do-standard-defsetf-1 (cadr name)))
   (setq initargs (copy-tree initargs))
-  (let ((method-spec (or (getf initargs ':method-spec)
+  (let ((method-spec (or (getf initargs :method-spec)
                         (make-method-spec name quals specls))))
-    (setf (getf initargs ':method-spec) method-spec)
-    (record-definition 'method method-spec)
+    (setf (getf initargs :method-spec) method-spec)
     (load-defmethod-internal class name quals specls
                             ll initargs pv-table-symbol)))
 
 (defun load-defmethod-internal
     (method-class gf-spec qualifiers specializers lambda-list
                  initargs pv-table-symbol)
-  (when (listp gf-spec) (do-standard-defsetf-1 (cadr gf-spec)))
   (when pv-table-symbol
-    (setf (getf (getf initargs ':plist) :pv-table-symbol)
+    (setf (getf (getf initargs :plist) :pv-table-symbol)
          pv-table-symbol))
-  ;; FIXME: It seems as though I should be able to get this to work.
-  ;; But it keeps on screwing up PCL bootstrapping.
-  #+nil
   (when (and (eq *boot-state* 'complete)
             (fboundp gf-spec))
-    (let* ((gf (symbol-function gf-spec))
+    (let* ((gf (fdefinition gf-spec))
           (method (and (generic-function-p gf)
                        (find-method gf
                                     qualifiers
-                                    (mapcar #'find-class specializers)
+                                     (parse-specializers specializers)
                                     nil))))
       (when method
-       (sb-kernel::style-warn "redefining ~S~{ ~S~} ~S in DEFMETHOD"
-                              gf-spec qualifiers specializers))))
+       (style-warn "redefining ~S~{ ~S~} ~S in DEFMETHOD"
+                   gf-spec qualifiers specializers))))
   (let ((method (apply #'add-named-method
                       gf-spec qualifiers specializers lambda-list
                       :definition-source `((defmethod ,gf-spec
                                                ,@qualifiers
                                              ,specializers)
-                                           ,*load-truename*)
+                                           ,*load-pathname*)
                       initargs)))
     (unless (or (eq method-class 'standard-method)
                (eq (find-class method-class nil) (class-of method)))
@@ -1265,12 +1336,12 @@ bootstrapping.
   `(method ,gf-spec ,@qualifiers ,unparsed-specializers))
 
 (defun initialize-method-function (initargs &optional return-function-p method)
-  (let* ((mf (getf initargs ':function))
-        (method-spec (getf initargs ':method-spec))
-        (plist (getf initargs ':plist))
-        (pv-table-symbol (getf plist ':pv-table-symbol))
+  (let* ((mf (getf initargs :function))
+        (method-spec (getf initargs :method-spec))
+        (plist (getf initargs :plist))
+        (pv-table-symbol (getf plist :pv-table-symbol))
         (pv-table nil)
-        (mff (getf initargs ':fast-function)))
+        (mff (getf initargs :fast-function)))
     (flet ((set-mf-property (p v)
             (when mf
               (setf (method-function-get mf p) v))
@@ -1278,7 +1349,7 @@ bootstrapping.
               (setf (method-function-get mff p) v))))
       (when method-spec
        (when mf
-         (setq mf (set-function-name mf method-spec)))
+         (setq mf (set-fun-name mf method-spec)))
        (when mff
          (let ((name `(,(or (get (car method-spec) 'fast-sym)
                             (setf (get (car method-spec) 'fast-sym)
@@ -1294,7 +1365,7 @@ bootstrapping.
                                                   (car method-spec))
                                           *pcl-package*)))
                         ,@(cdr method-spec))))
-           (set-function-name mff name)
+           (set-fun-name mff name)
            (unless mf
              (set-mf-property :name name)))))
       (when plist
@@ -1313,18 +1384,18 @@ bootstrapping.
          (or mf (method-function-from-fast-function mff)))))))
 \f
 (defun analyze-lambda-list (lambda-list)
-  ;;(declare (values nrequired noptional keysp restp allow-other-keys-p
-  ;;            keywords keyword-parameters))
-  (flet ((parse-keyword-argument (arg)
+  (flet (;; FIXME: Is this redundant with SB-C::MAKE-KEYWORD-FOR-ARG?
+        (parse-key-arg (arg)
           (if (listp arg)
               (if (listp (car arg))
                   (caar arg)
-                  (make-keyword (car arg)))
-              (make-keyword arg))))
+                  (keywordicate (car arg)))
+              (keywordicate arg))))
     (let ((nrequired 0)
          (noptional 0)
          (keysp nil)
          (restp nil)
+          (nrest 0)
          (allow-other-keys-p nil)
          (keywords ())
          (keyword-parameters ())
@@ -1333,20 +1404,25 @@ bootstrapping.
        (if (memq x lambda-list-keywords)
            (case x
              (&optional         (setq state 'optional))
-             (&key           (setq keysp 't
+             (&key              (setq keysp t
                                       state 'key))
-             (&allow-other-keys (setq allow-other-keys-p 't))
-             (&rest         (setq restp 't
+             (&allow-other-keys (setq allow-other-keys-p t))
+             (&rest             (setq restp t
                                       state 'rest))
              (&aux           (return t))
              (otherwise
-               (error "encountered the non-standard lambda list keyword ~S" x)))
+               (error "encountered the non-standard lambda list keyword ~S"
+                      x)))
            (ecase state
              (required  (incf nrequired))
              (optional  (incf noptional))
-             (key       (push (parse-keyword-argument x) keywords)
+             (key       (push (parse-key-arg x) keywords)
                         (push x keyword-parameters))
-             (rest      ()))))
+             (rest      (incf nrest)))))
+      (when (and restp (zerop nrest))
+        (error "Error in lambda-list:~%~
+                After &REST, a DEFGENERIC lambda-list ~
+                must be followed by at least one variable."))
       (values nrequired noptional keysp restp allow-other-keys-p
              (reverse keywords)
              (reverse keyword-parameters)))))
@@ -1354,7 +1430,7 @@ bootstrapping.
 (defun keyword-spec-name (x)
   (let ((key (if (atom x) x (car x))))
     (if (atom key)
-       (intern (symbol-name key) *keyword-package*)
+       (keywordicate key)
        (car key))))
 
 (defun ftype-declaration-from-lambda-list (lambda-list name)
@@ -1362,25 +1438,27 @@ bootstrapping.
                                  keywords keyword-parameters)
       (analyze-lambda-list lambda-list)
     (declare (ignore keyword-parameters))
-    (let* ((old (sb-c::info :function :type name)) ;FIXME:FDOCUMENTATION instead?
-          (old-ftype (if (sb-c::function-type-p old) old nil))
-          (old-restp (and old-ftype (sb-c::function-type-rest old-ftype)))
+    (let* ((old (info :function :type name)) ;FIXME:FDOCUMENTATION instead?
+          (old-ftype (if (fun-type-p old) old nil))
+          (old-restp (and old-ftype (fun-type-rest old-ftype)))
           (old-keys (and old-ftype
-                         (mapcar #'sb-c::key-info-name
-                                 (sb-c::function-type-keywords old-ftype))))
-          (old-keysp (and old-ftype (sb-c::function-type-keyp old-ftype)))
-          (old-allowp (and old-ftype (sb-c::function-type-allowp old-ftype)))
+                         (mapcar #'key-info-name
+                                 (fun-type-keywords
+                                  old-ftype))))
+          (old-keysp (and old-ftype (fun-type-keyp old-ftype)))
+          (old-allowp (and old-ftype
+                           (fun-type-allowp old-ftype)))
           (keywords (union old-keys (mapcar #'keyword-spec-name keywords))))
-      `(function ,(append (make-list nrequired :initial-element 't)
+      `(function ,(append (make-list nrequired :initial-element t)
                          (when (plusp noptional)
                            (append '(&optional)
-                                   (make-list noptional :initial-element 't)))
+                                   (make-list noptional :initial-element t)))
                          (when (or restp old-restp)
                            '(&rest t))
                          (when (or keysp old-keysp)
                            (append '(&key)
-                                   (mapcar #'(lambda (key)
-                                               `(,key t))
+                                   (mapcar (lambda (key)
+                                             `(,key t))
                                            keywords)
                                    (when (or allow-other-keys-p old-allowp)
                                      '(&allow-other-keys)))))
@@ -1388,81 +1466,81 @@ bootstrapping.
 
 (defun defgeneric-declaration (spec lambda-list)
   (when (consp spec)
-    (setq spec (get-setf-function-name (cadr spec))))
+    (setq spec (get-setf-fun-name (cadr spec))))
   `(ftype ,(ftype-declaration-from-lambda-list lambda-list spec) ,spec))
 \f
 ;;;; early generic function support
 
-(defvar *early-generic-functions* ())
+(defvar *!early-generic-functions* ())
 
-(defun ensure-generic-function (function-name
+(defun ensure-generic-function (fun-name
                                &rest all-keys
                                &key environment
                                &allow-other-keys)
   (declare (ignore environment))
-  (let ((existing (and (gboundp function-name)
-                      (gdefinition function-name))))
+  (let ((existing (and (gboundp fun-name)
+                      (gdefinition fun-name))))
     (if (and existing
             (eq *boot-state* 'complete)
             (null (generic-function-p existing)))
-       (generic-clobbers-function function-name)
+       (generic-clobbers-function fun-name)
        (apply #'ensure-generic-function-using-class
-              existing function-name all-keys))))
+              existing fun-name all-keys))))
 
-(defun generic-clobbers-function (function-name)
-  (error 'sb-kernel:simple-program-error
-        :format-control
-        "~S already names an ordinary function or a macro."
-        :format-arguments (list function-name)))
+(defun generic-clobbers-function (fun-name)
+  (error 'simple-program-error
+        :format-control "~S already names an ordinary function or a macro."
+        :format-arguments (list fun-name)))
 
 (defvar *sgf-wrapper*
   (boot-make-wrapper (early-class-size 'standard-generic-function)
                     'standard-generic-function))
 
 (defvar *sgf-slots-init*
-  (mapcar #'(lambda (canonical-slot)
-             (if (memq (getf canonical-slot :name) '(arg-info source))
-                 *slot-unbound*
-                 (let ((initfunction (getf canonical-slot :initfunction)))
-                   (if initfunction
-                       (funcall initfunction)
-                       *slot-unbound*))))
+  (mapcar (lambda (canonical-slot)
+           (if (memq (getf canonical-slot :name) '(arg-info source))
+               +slot-unbound+
+               (let ((initfunction (getf canonical-slot :initfunction)))
+                 (if initfunction
+                     (funcall initfunction)
+                     +slot-unbound+))))
          (early-collect-inheritance 'standard-generic-function)))
 
 (defvar *sgf-method-class-index*
-  (bootstrap-slot-index 'standard-generic-function 'method-class))
+  (!bootstrap-slot-index 'standard-generic-function 'method-class))
 
 (defun early-gf-p (x)
   (and (fsc-instance-p x)
-       (eq (instance-ref (get-slots x) *sgf-method-class-index*)
-          *slot-unbound*)))
+       (eq (clos-slots-ref (get-slots x) *sgf-method-class-index*)
+          +slot-unbound+)))
 
 (defvar *sgf-methods-index*
-  (bootstrap-slot-index 'standard-generic-function 'methods))
+  (!bootstrap-slot-index 'standard-generic-function 'methods))
 
 (defmacro early-gf-methods (gf)
-  `(instance-ref (get-slots ,gf) *sgf-methods-index*))
+  `(clos-slots-ref (get-slots ,gf) *sgf-methods-index*))
 
 (defvar *sgf-arg-info-index*
-  (bootstrap-slot-index 'standard-generic-function 'arg-info))
+  (!bootstrap-slot-index 'standard-generic-function 'arg-info))
 
 (defmacro early-gf-arg-info (gf)
-  `(instance-ref (get-slots ,gf) *sgf-arg-info-index*))
+  `(clos-slots-ref (get-slots ,gf) *sgf-arg-info-index*))
 
 (defvar *sgf-dfun-state-index*
-  (bootstrap-slot-index 'standard-generic-function 'dfun-state))
+  (!bootstrap-slot-index 'standard-generic-function 'dfun-state))
 
 (defstruct (arg-info
-            (:conc-name nil)
-            (:constructor make-arg-info ()))
+           (:conc-name nil)
+           (:constructor make-arg-info ())
+           (:copier nil))
   (arg-info-lambda-list :no-lambda-list)
   arg-info-precedence
   arg-info-metatypes
   arg-info-number-optional
   arg-info-key/rest-p
-  arg-info-keywords ;nil       no keyword or rest allowed
-                   ;(k1 k2 ..) each method must accept these keyword arguments
-                   ;T    must have &key or &rest
+  arg-info-keys   ;nil        no &KEY or &REST allowed
+                 ;(k1 k2 ..) Each method must accept these &KEY arguments.
+                 ;T          must have &KEY or &REST
 
   gf-info-simple-accessor-type ; nil, reader, writer, boundp
   (gf-precompute-dfun-and-emf-p nil) ; set by set-arg-info
@@ -1484,7 +1562,7 @@ bootstrapping.
   (length (arg-info-metatypes arg-info)))
 
 (defun arg-info-nkeys (arg-info)
-  (count-if #'(lambda (x) (neq x 't)) (arg-info-metatypes arg-info)))
+  (count-if (lambda (x) (neq x t)) (arg-info-metatypes arg-info)))
 
 ;;; Keep pages clean by not setting if the value is already the same.
 (defmacro esetf (pos val)
@@ -1507,7 +1585,7 @@ bootstrapping.
       (setq lambda-list (gf-lambda-list gf)))
     (when (or lambda-list-p
              (and first-p
-                  (eq (arg-info-lambda-list arg-info) ':no-lambda-list)))
+                  (eq (arg-info-lambda-list arg-info) :no-lambda-list)))
       (multiple-value-bind (nreq nopt keysp restp allow-other-keys-p keywords)
          (analyze-lambda-list lambda-list)
        (when (and methods (not first-p))
@@ -1530,7 +1608,7 @@ bootstrapping.
        (esetf (arg-info-metatypes arg-info) (make-list nreq))
        (esetf (arg-info-number-optional arg-info) nopt)
        (esetf (arg-info-key/rest-p arg-info) (not (null (or keysp restp))))
-       (esetf (arg-info-keywords arg-info)
+       (esetf (arg-info-keys arg-info)
               (if lambda-list-p
                   (if allow-other-keys-p t keywords)
                   (arg-info-key/rest-p arg-info)))))
@@ -1545,35 +1623,34 @@ bootstrapping.
                               (early-method-lambda-list method)
                               (method-lambda-list method)))
     (flet ((lose (string &rest args)
-            (error
-             "attempt to add the method ~S to the generic function ~S.~%~
-              But ~A"
-             method
-             gf
-             (apply #'format nil string args)))
-          (compare (x y)
+            (error 'simple-program-error
+                   :format-control "~@<attempt to add the method~2I~_~S~I~_~
+                                     to the generic function~2I~_~S;~I~_~
+                                     but ~?~:>"
+                   :format-arguments (list method gf string args)))
+          (comparison-description (x y)
             (if (> x y) "more" "fewer")))
       (let ((gf-nreq (arg-info-number-required arg-info))
            (gf-nopt (arg-info-number-optional arg-info))
            (gf-key/rest-p (arg-info-key/rest-p arg-info))
-           (gf-keywords (arg-info-keywords arg-info)))
+           (gf-keywords (arg-info-keys arg-info)))
        (unless (= nreq gf-nreq)
          (lose
           "the method has ~A required arguments than the generic function."
-          (compare nreq gf-nreq)))
+          (comparison-description nreq gf-nreq)))
        (unless (= nopt gf-nopt)
          (lose
-          "the method has ~S optional arguments than the generic function."
-          (compare nopt gf-nopt)))
+          "the method has ~A optional arguments than the generic function."
+          (comparison-description nopt gf-nopt)))
        (unless (eq (or keysp restp) gf-key/rest-p)
-         (error
-          "The method and generic function differ in whether they accept~%~
+         (lose
+          "the method and generic function differ in whether they accept~_~
            &REST or &KEY arguments."))
        (when (consp gf-keywords)
          (unless (or (and restp (not keysp))
                      allow-other-keys-p
-                     (every #'(lambda (k) (memq k keywords)) gf-keywords))
-           (lose "the method does not accept each of the keyword arguments~%~
+                     (every (lambda (k) (memq k keywords)) gf-keywords))
+           (lose "the method does not accept each of the &KEY arguments~2I~_~
                   ~S."
                  gf-keywords)))))))
 
@@ -1623,11 +1700,26 @@ bootstrapping.
   (unless was-valid-p
     (let ((name (if (eq *boot-state* 'complete)
                    (generic-function-name gf)
-                   (early-gf-name gf))))
+                   (!early-gf-name gf))))
       (esetf (gf-precompute-dfun-and-emf-p arg-info)
             (let* ((sym (if (atom name) name (cadr name)))
                    (pkg-list (cons *pcl-package*
                                    (package-use-list *pcl-package*))))
+              ;; FIXME: given the presence of generalized function
+              ;; names, this test is broken.  A little
+              ;; reverse-engineering suggests that this was intended
+              ;; to prevent precompilation of things on some
+              ;; PCL-internal automatically-constructed functions
+              ;; like the old "~A~A standard class ~A reader"
+              ;; functions.  When the CADR of SB-PCL::SLOT-ACCESSOR
+              ;; generalized functions was *, this test returned T,
+              ;; not NIL, and an error was signalled in
+              ;; MAKE-ACCESSOR-TABLE for (DEFUN FOO (X) (SLOT-VALUE X
+              ;; 'ASLDKJ)).  Whether the right thing to do is to fix
+              ;; MAKE-ACCESSOR-TABLE so that it can work in the
+              ;; presence of slot names that have no classes, or to
+              ;; restore this test to something more obvious, I don't
+              ;; know.  -- CSR, 2003-02-14
               (and sym (symbolp sym)
                    (not (null (memq (symbol-package sym) pkg-list)))
                    (not (find #\space (symbol-name sym))))))))
@@ -1648,54 +1740,66 @@ bootstrapping.
                               (class-name (cadr specls)))))))))
   arg-info)
 
-;;; This is the early definition of ensure-generic-function-using-class.
+;;; This is the early definition of ENSURE-GENERIC-FUNCTION-USING-CLASS.
 ;;;
-;;; The static-slots field of the funcallable instances used as early generic
-;;; functions is used to store the early methods and early discriminator code
-;;; for the early generic function. The static slots field of the fins
-;;; contains a list whose:
+;;; The STATIC-SLOTS field of the funcallable instances used as early
+;;; generic functions is used to store the early methods and early
+;;; discriminator code for the early generic function. The static
+;;; slots field of the fins contains a list whose:
 ;;;    CAR    -   a list of the early methods on this early gf
 ;;;    CADR   -   the early discriminator code for this method
 (defun ensure-generic-function-using-class (existing spec &rest keys
-                                           &key (lambda-list nil lambda-list-p)
+                                           &key (lambda-list nil
+                                                             lambda-list-p)
+                                           argument-precedence-order
                                            &allow-other-keys)
   (declare (ignore keys))
   (cond ((and existing (early-gf-p existing))
         existing)
-       ((assoc spec *generic-function-fixups* :test #'equal)
+       ((assoc spec *!generic-function-fixups* :test #'equal)
         (if existing
-            (make-early-gf spec lambda-list lambda-list-p existing)
+            (make-early-gf spec lambda-list lambda-list-p existing
+                           argument-precedence-order)
             (error "The function ~S is not already defined." spec)))
        (existing
         (error "~S should be on the list ~S."
                spec
-               '*generic-function-fixups*))
+               '*!generic-function-fixups*))
        (t
-        (pushnew spec *early-generic-functions* :test #'equal)
-        (make-early-gf spec lambda-list lambda-list-p))))
+        (pushnew spec *!early-generic-functions* :test #'equal)
+        (make-early-gf spec lambda-list lambda-list-p nil
+                       argument-precedence-order))))
 
-(defun make-early-gf (spec &optional lambda-list lambda-list-p function)
+(defun make-early-gf (spec &optional lambda-list lambda-list-p
+                     function argument-precedence-order)
   (let ((fin (allocate-funcallable-instance *sgf-wrapper* *sgf-slots-init*)))
     (set-funcallable-instance-function
      fin
      (or function
         (if (eq spec 'print-object)
-            #'(sb-kernel:instance-lambda (instance stream)
+            #'(instance-lambda (instance stream)
                 (print-unreadable-object (instance stream :identity t)
                   (format stream "std-instance")))
-            #'(sb-kernel:instance-lambda (&rest args)
+            #'(instance-lambda (&rest args)
                 (declare (ignore args))
                 (error "The function of the funcallable-instance ~S~
                         has not been set." fin)))))
     (setf (gdefinition spec) fin)
-    (bootstrap-set-slot 'standard-generic-function fin 'name spec)
-    (bootstrap-set-slot 'standard-generic-function fin 'source *load-truename*)
-    (set-function-name fin spec)
+    (!bootstrap-set-slot 'standard-generic-function fin 'name spec)
+    (!bootstrap-set-slot 'standard-generic-function
+                        fin
+                        'source
+                        *load-pathname*)
+    (set-fun-name fin spec)
     (let ((arg-info (make-arg-info)))
       (setf (early-gf-arg-info fin) arg-info)
       (when lambda-list-p
        (proclaim (defgeneric-declaration spec lambda-list))
-       (set-arg-info fin :lambda-list lambda-list)))
+       (if argument-precedence-order
+           (set-arg-info fin
+                         :lambda-list lambda-list
+                         :argument-precedence-order argument-precedence-order)
+           (set-arg-info fin :lambda-list lambda-list))))
     fin))
 
 (defun set-dfun (gf &optional dfun cache info)
@@ -1706,13 +1810,14 @@ bootstrapping.
                       dfun)))
     (if (eq *boot-state* 'complete)
        (setf (gf-dfun-state gf) new-state)
-       (setf (instance-ref (get-slots gf) *sgf-dfun-state-index*) new-state)))
+       (setf (clos-slots-ref (get-slots gf) *sgf-dfun-state-index*)
+             new-state)))
   dfun)
 
 (defun gf-dfun-cache (gf)
   (let ((state (if (eq *boot-state* 'complete)
                   (gf-dfun-state gf)
-                  (instance-ref (get-slots gf) *sgf-dfun-state-index*))))
+                  (clos-slots-ref (get-slots gf) *sgf-dfun-state-index*))))
     (typecase state
       (function nil)
       (cons (cadr state)))))
@@ -1720,22 +1825,22 @@ bootstrapping.
 (defun gf-dfun-info (gf)
   (let ((state (if (eq *boot-state* 'complete)
                   (gf-dfun-state gf)
-                  (instance-ref (get-slots gf) *sgf-dfun-state-index*))))
+                  (clos-slots-ref (get-slots gf) *sgf-dfun-state-index*))))
     (typecase state
       (function nil)
       (cons (cddr state)))))
 
 (defvar *sgf-name-index*
-  (bootstrap-slot-index 'standard-generic-function 'name))
+  (!bootstrap-slot-index 'standard-generic-function 'name))
 
-(defun early-gf-name (gf)
-  (instance-ref (get-slots gf) *sgf-name-index*))
+(defun !early-gf-name (gf)
+  (clos-slots-ref (get-slots gf) *sgf-name-index*))
 
 (defun gf-lambda-list (gf)
   (let ((arg-info (if (eq *boot-state* 'complete)
                      (gf-arg-info gf)
                      (early-gf-arg-info gf))))
-    (if (eq ':no-lambda-list (arg-info-lambda-list arg-info))
+    (if (eq :no-lambda-list (arg-info-lambda-list arg-info))
        (let ((methods (if (eq *boot-state* 'complete)
                           (generic-function-methods gf)
                           (early-gf-methods gf))))
@@ -1769,11 +1874,15 @@ bootstrapping.
         (setf (getf ,all-keys :method-combination)
               (find-method-combination (class-prototype ,gf-class)
                                        (car combin)
-                                       (cdr combin)))))))
+                                       (cdr combin)))))
+    (let ((method-class (getf ,all-keys :method-class '.shes-not-there.)))
+      (unless (eq method-class '.shes-not-there.)
+        (setf (getf ,all-keys :method-class)
+                (find-class method-class t ,env))))))
 
 (defun real-ensure-gf-using-class--generic-function
        (existing
-       function-name
+       fun-name
        &rest all-keys
        &key environment (lambda-list nil lambda-list-p)
             (generic-function-class 'standard-generic-function gf-class-p)
@@ -1785,11 +1894,11 @@ bootstrapping.
   (prog1
       (apply #'reinitialize-instance existing all-keys)
     (when lambda-list-p
-      (proclaim (defgeneric-declaration function-name lambda-list)))))
+      (proclaim (defgeneric-declaration fun-name lambda-list)))))
 
 (defun real-ensure-gf-using-class--null
        (existing
-       function-name
+       fun-name
        &rest all-keys
        &key environment (lambda-list nil lambda-list-p)
             (generic-function-class 'standard-generic-function)
@@ -1797,13 +1906,13 @@ bootstrapping.
   (declare (ignore existing))
   (real-ensure-gf-internal generic-function-class all-keys environment)
   (prog1
-      (setf (gdefinition function-name)
+      (setf (gdefinition fun-name)
            (apply #'make-instance generic-function-class
-                  :name function-name all-keys))
+                  :name fun-name all-keys))
     (when lambda-list-p
-      (proclaim (defgeneric-declaration function-name lambda-list)))))
+      (proclaim (defgeneric-declaration fun-name lambda-list)))))
 \f
-(defun get-generic-function-info (gf)
+(defun get-generic-fun-info (gf)
   ;; values   nreq applyp metatypes nkeys arg-info
   (multiple-value-bind (applyp metatypes arg-info)
       (let* ((arg-info (if (early-gf-p gf)
@@ -1814,7 +1923,7 @@ bootstrapping.
                metatypes
                arg-info))
     (values (length metatypes) applyp metatypes
-           (count-if #'(lambda (x) (neq x 't)) metatypes)
+           (count-if (lambda (x) (neq x t)) metatypes)
            arg-info)))
 
 (defun early-make-a-method (class qualifiers arglist specializers initargs doc
@@ -1830,17 +1939,17 @@ bootstrapping.
     ;; Note that the use of not symbolp in this call to every should be
     ;; read as 'classp' we can't use classp itself because it doesn't
     ;; exist yet.
-    (if (every #'(lambda (s) (not (symbolp s))) specializers)
+    (if (every (lambda (s) (not (symbolp s))) specializers)
        (setq parsed specializers
-             unparsed (mapcar #'(lambda (s)
-                                  (if (eq s 't) 't (class-name s)))
+             unparsed (mapcar (lambda (s)
+                                (if (eq s t) t (class-name s)))
                               specializers))
        (setq unparsed specializers
              parsed ()))
     (list :early-method                  ;This is an early method dammit!
 
-         (getf initargs ':function)
-         (getf initargs ':fast-function)
+         (getf initargs :function)
+         (getf initargs :fast-function)
 
          parsed                  ;The parsed specializers. This is used
                                  ;by early-method-specializers to cache
@@ -1884,22 +1993,24 @@ bootstrapping.
 (defun early-method-standard-accessor-slot-name (early-method)
   (seventh (fifth early-method)))
 
-;;; Fetch the specializers of an early method. This is basically just a
-;;; simple accessor except that when the second argument is t, this converts
-;;; the specializers from symbols into class objects. The class objects
-;;; are cached in the early method, this makes bootstrapping faster because
-;;; the class objects only have to be computed once.
+;;; Fetch the specializers of an early method. This is basically just
+;;; a simple accessor except that when the second argument is t, this
+;;; converts the specializers from symbols into class objects. The
+;;; class objects are cached in the early method, this makes
+;;; bootstrapping faster because the class objects only have to be
+;;; computed once.
+;;;
 ;;; NOTE:
-;;;  the second argument should only be passed as T by early-lookup-method.
-;;;  this is to implement the rule that only when there is more than one
-;;;  early method on a generic function is the conversion from class names
-;;;  to class objects done.
-;;;  the corresponds to the fact that we are only allowed to have one method
-;;;  on any generic function up until the time classes exist.
+;;;  The second argument should only be passed as T by
+;;;  early-lookup-method. This is to implement the rule that only when
+;;;  there is more than one early method on a generic function is the
+;;;  conversion from class names to class objects done. This
+;;;  corresponds to the fact that we are only allowed to have one
+;;;  method on any generic function up until the time classes exist.
 (defun early-method-specializers (early-method &optional objectsp)
   (if (and (listp early-method)
           (eq (car early-method) :early-method))
-      (cond ((eq objectsp 't)
+      (cond ((eq objectsp t)
             (or (fourth early-method)
                 (setf (fourth early-method)
                       (mapcar #'find-class (cadddr (fifth early-method))))))
@@ -1933,21 +2044,23 @@ bootstrapping.
     (when existing (remove-method gf existing))
     (add-method gf new)))
 
-;;; This is the early version of add-method. Later this will become a
-;;; generic function. See fix-early-generic-functions which has special
-;;; knowledge about add-method.
+;;; This is the early version of ADD-METHOD. Later this will become a
+;;; generic function. See !FIX-EARLY-GENERIC-FUNCTIONS which has
+;;; special knowledge about ADD-METHOD.
 (defun add-method (generic-function method)
   (when (not (fsc-instance-p generic-function))
-    (error "Early add-method didn't get a funcallable instance."))
+    (error "Early ADD-METHOD didn't get a funcallable instance."))
   (when (not (and (listp method) (eq (car method) :early-method)))
-    (error "Early add-method didn't get an early method."))
+    (error "Early ADD-METHOD didn't get an early method."))
   (push method (early-gf-methods generic-function))
   (set-arg-info generic-function :new-method method)
-  (unless (assoc (early-gf-name generic-function) *generic-function-fixups*
+  (unless (assoc (!early-gf-name generic-function)
+                *!generic-function-fixups*
                 :test #'equal)
     (update-dfun generic-function)))
 
-;;; This is the early version of REMOVE-METHOD..
+;;; This is the early version of REMOVE-METHOD. See comments on
+;;; the early version of ADD-METHOD.
 (defun remove-method (generic-function method)
   (when (not (fsc-instance-p generic-function))
     (error "An early remove-method didn't get a funcallable instance."))
@@ -1956,18 +2069,20 @@ bootstrapping.
   (setf (early-gf-methods generic-function)
        (remove method (early-gf-methods generic-function)))
   (set-arg-info generic-function)
-  (unless (assoc (early-gf-name generic-function) *generic-function-fixups*
+  (unless (assoc (!early-gf-name generic-function)
+                *!generic-function-fixups*
                 :test #'equal)
     (update-dfun generic-function)))
 
-;;; ..and the early version of GET-METHOD.
+;;; This is the early version of GET-METHOD. See comments on the early
+;;; version of ADD-METHOD.
 (defun get-method (generic-function qualifiers specializers
                                    &optional (errorp t))
   (if (early-gf-p generic-function)
       (or (dolist (m (early-gf-methods generic-function))
            (when (and (or (equal (early-method-specializers m nil)
                                  specializers)
-                          (equal (early-method-specializers m 't)
+                          (equal (early-method-specializers m t)
                                  specializers))
                       (equal (early-method-qualifiers m) qualifiers))
              (return m)))
@@ -1976,13 +2091,11 @@ bootstrapping.
              nil))
       (real-get-method generic-function qualifiers specializers errorp)))
 
-(defvar *fegf-debug-p* nil)
-
-(defun fix-early-generic-functions (&optional (noisyp *fegf-debug-p*))
+(defun !fix-early-generic-functions ()
   (let ((accessors nil))
-    ;; Rearrange *EARLY-GENERIC-FUNCTIONS* to speed up
+    ;; Rearrange *!EARLY-GENERIC-FUNCTIONS* to speed up
     ;; FIX-EARLY-GENERIC-FUNCTIONS.
-    (dolist (early-gf-spec *early-generic-functions*)
+    (dolist (early-gf-spec *!early-generic-functions*)
       (when (every #'early-method-standard-accessor-p
                   (early-gf-methods (gdefinition early-gf-spec)))
        (push early-gf-spec accessors)))
@@ -2005,63 +2118,68 @@ bootstrapping.
                           standard-class-p
                           funcallable-standard-class-p
                           specializerp)))
-      (setq *early-generic-functions*
-           (cons spec (delete spec *early-generic-functions* :test #'equal))))
+      (/show spec)
+      (setq *!early-generic-functions*
+           (cons spec
+                 (delete spec *!early-generic-functions* :test #'equal))))
 
-    (dolist (early-gf-spec *early-generic-functions*)
-      (when noisyp (format t "~&~S..." early-gf-spec))
+    (dolist (early-gf-spec *!early-generic-functions*)
+      (/show early-gf-spec)
       (let* ((gf (gdefinition early-gf-spec))
-            (methods (mapcar #'(lambda (early-method)
-                                 (let ((args (copy-list (fifth
-                                                         early-method))))
-                                   (setf (fourth args)
-                                         (early-method-specializers
-                                          early-method t))
-                                   (apply #'real-make-a-method args)))
+            (methods (mapcar (lambda (early-method)
+                               (let ((args (copy-list (fifth
+                                                       early-method))))
+                                 (setf (fourth args)
+                                       (early-method-specializers
+                                        early-method t))
+                                 (apply #'real-make-a-method args)))
                              (early-gf-methods gf))))
        (setf (generic-function-method-class gf) *the-class-standard-method*)
        (setf (generic-function-method-combination gf)
              *standard-method-combination*)
        (set-methods gf methods)))
 
-    (dolist (fns *early-functions*)
-      (setf (gdefinition (car fns)) (symbol-function (caddr fns))))
+    (dolist (fn *!early-functions*)
+      (/show fn)
+      (setf (gdefinition (car fn)) (fdefinition (caddr fn))))
 
-    (dolist (fixup *generic-function-fixups*)
+    (dolist (fixup *!generic-function-fixups*)
+      (/show fixup)
       (let* ((fspec (car fixup))
             (gf (gdefinition fspec))
-            (methods (mapcar #'(lambda (method)
-                                 (let* ((lambda-list (first method))
-                                        (specializers (second method))
-                                        (method-fn-name (third method))
-                                        (fn-name (or method-fn-name fspec))
-                                        (fn (symbol-function fn-name))
-                                        (initargs
-                                         (list :function
-                                               (set-function-name
-                                                #'(lambda (args next-methods)
-                                                    (declare (ignore
-                                                              next-methods))
-                                                    (apply fn args))
-                                                `(call ,fn-name)))))
-                                   (declare (type function fn))
-                                   (make-a-method 'standard-method
-                                                  ()
-                                                  lambda-list
-                                                  specializers
-                                                  initargs
-                                                  nil)))
+            (methods (mapcar (lambda (method)
+                               (let* ((lambda-list (first method))
+                                      (specializers (second method))
+                                      (method-fn-name (third method))
+                                      (fn-name (or method-fn-name fspec))
+                                      (fn (fdefinition fn-name))
+                                      (initargs
+                                       (list :function
+                                             (set-fun-name
+                                              (lambda (args next-methods)
+                                                (declare (ignore
+                                                          next-methods))
+                                                (apply fn args))
+                                              `(call ,fn-name)))))
+                                 (declare (type function fn))
+                                 (make-a-method 'standard-method
+                                                ()
+                                                lambda-list
+                                                specializers
+                                                initargs
+                                                nil)))
                              (cdr fixup))))
        (setf (generic-function-method-class gf) *the-class-standard-method*)
        (setf (generic-function-method-combination gf)
              *standard-method-combination*)
-       (set-methods gf methods)))))
+       (set-methods gf methods))))
+  (/show "leaving !FIX-EARLY-GENERIC-FUNCTIONS"))
 \f
-;;; PARSE-DEFMETHOD is used by DEFMETHOD to parse the &REST argument into
-;;; the 'real' arguments. This is where the syntax of DEFMETHOD is really
-;;; implemented.
+;;; PARSE-DEFMETHOD is used by DEFMETHOD to parse the &REST argument
+;;; into the 'real' arguments. This is where the syntax of DEFMETHOD
+;;; is really implemented.
 (defun parse-defmethod (cdr-of-form)
-  ;;(declare (values name qualifiers specialized-lambda-list body))
+  (declare (list cdr-of-form))
   (let ((name (pop cdr-of-form))
        (qualifiers ())
        (spec-ll ()))
@@ -2072,6 +2190,7 @@ bootstrapping.
     (values name qualifiers spec-ll cdr-of-form)))
 
 (defun parse-specializers (specializers)
+  (declare (list specializers))
   (flet ((parse (spec)
           (let ((result (specializer-from-type spec)))
             (if (specializerp result)
@@ -2101,14 +2220,13 @@ bootstrapping.
       (unparse-specializers (method-specializers specializers-or-method))))
 
 (defun parse-method-or-spec (spec &optional (errorp t))
-  ;;(declare (values generic-function method method-name))
   (let (gf method name temp)
     (if (method-p spec)        
        (setq method spec
              gf (method-generic-function method)
              temp (and gf (generic-function-name gf))
              name (if temp
-                      (intern-function-name
+                      (intern-fun-name
                         (make-method-spec temp
                                           (method-qualifiers method)
                                           (unparse-specializers
@@ -2126,9 +2244,9 @@ bootstrapping.
                 (and
                   (setq method (get-method gf quals specls errorp))
                   (setq name
-                        (intern-function-name (make-method-spec gf-spec
-                                                                quals
-                                                                specls))))))))
+                        (intern-fun-name (make-method-spec gf-spec
+                                                           quals
+                                                           specls))))))))
     (values gf method name)))
 \f
 (defun extract-parameters (specialized-lambda-list)
@@ -2163,24 +2281,26 @@ bootstrapping.
           (values nil arglist nil))
          ((memq arg lambda-list-keywords)
           (unless (memq arg '(&optional &rest &key &allow-other-keys &aux))
-            ;; Warn about non-standard lambda-list-keywords, but then
-            ;; go on to treat them like a standard lambda-list-keyword
-            ;; what with the warning its probably ok.
-            ;;
-            ;; FIXME: This shouldn't happen now that this is maintained
-            ;; as part of SBCL, should it? Perhaps this is now
-            ;; "internal error: unrecognized lambda-list keyword ~S"?
-            (warn "Unrecognized lambda-list keyword ~S in arglist.~%~
-                   Assuming that the symbols following it are parameters,~%~
-                   and not allowing any parameter specializers to follow~%~
-                   to follow it."
-                  arg))
-          ;; When we are at a lambda-list keyword, the parameters don't
-          ;; include the lambda-list keyword; the lambda-list does include
-          ;; the lambda-list keyword; and no specializers are allowed to
-          ;; follow the lambda-list keywords (at least for now).
+            ;; Now, since we try to conform to ANSI, non-standard
+             ;; lambda-list-keywords should be treated as errors.
+            (error 'simple-program-error
+                    :format-control "unrecognized lambda-list keyword ~S ~
+                     in arglist.~%"
+                   :format-arguments (list arg)))
+          ;; When we are at a lambda-list keyword, the parameters
+          ;; don't include the lambda-list keyword; the lambda-list
+          ;; does include the lambda-list keyword; and no
+          ;; specializers are allowed to follow the lambda-list
+          ;; keywords (at least for now).
           (multiple-value-bind (parameters lambda-list)
               (parse-specialized-lambda-list (cdr arglist) t)
+            (when (eq arg '&rest)
+              ;; check, if &rest is followed by a var ...
+              (when (or (null lambda-list)
+                        (memq (car lambda-list) lambda-list-keywords))
+                (error "Error in lambda-list:~%~
+                         After &REST, a DEFMETHOD lambda-list ~
+                         must be followed by at least one variable.")))
             (values parameters
                     (cons arg lambda-list)
                     ()
@@ -2198,16 +2318,15 @@ bootstrapping.
               (parse-specialized-lambda-list (cdr arglist))
             (values (cons (if (listp arg) (car arg) arg) parameters)
                     (cons (if (listp arg) (car arg) arg) lambda-list)
-                    (cons (if (listp arg) (cadr arg) 't) specializers)
+                    (cons (if (listp arg) (cadr arg) t) specializers)
                     (cons (if (listp arg) (car arg) arg) required)))))))
 \f
-(eval-when (:load-toplevel :execute)
-  (setq *boot-state* 'early))
+(setq *boot-state* 'early)
 \f
-;;; FIXME: In here there was a #-CMU definition of SYMBOL-MACROLET which used
-;;; %WALKER stuff. That suggests to me that maybe the code walker stuff was
-;;; only used for implementing stuff like that; maybe it's not needed any more?
-;;; Hunt down what it was used for and see.
+;;; FIXME: In here there was a #-CMU definition of SYMBOL-MACROLET
+;;; which used %WALKER stuff. That suggests to me that maybe the code
+;;; walker stuff was only used for implementing stuff like that; maybe
+;;; it's not needed any more? Hunt down what it was used for and see.
 
 (defmacro with-slots (slots instance &body body)
   (let ((in (gensym)))
@@ -2217,19 +2336,19 @@ bootstrapping.
                             (third instance)
                             instance)))
           (and (symbolp instance)
-               `((declare (variable-rebinding ,in ,instance)))))
+               `((declare (%variable-rebinding ,in ,instance)))))
        ,in
-       (symbol-macrolet ,(mapcar #'(lambda (slot-entry)
-                                    (let ((variable-name
-                                           (if (symbolp slot-entry)
-                                               slot-entry
-                                               (car slot-entry)))
-                                          (slot-name
-                                           (if (symbolp slot-entry)
-                                               slot-entry
-                                               (cadr slot-entry))))
-                                      `(,variable-name
-                                         (slot-value ,in ',slot-name))))
+       (symbol-macrolet ,(mapcar (lambda (slot-entry)
+                                  (let ((var-name
+                                         (if (symbolp slot-entry)
+                                             slot-entry
+                                             (car slot-entry)))
+                                        (slot-name
+                                         (if (symbolp slot-entry)
+                                             slot-entry
+                                             (cadr slot-entry))))
+                                    `(,var-name
+                                      (slot-value ,in ',slot-name))))
                                 slots)
                        ,@body))))
 
@@ -2241,12 +2360,11 @@ bootstrapping.
                             (third instance)
                             instance)))
           (and (symbolp instance)
-               `((declare (variable-rebinding ,in ,instance)))))
+               `((declare (%variable-rebinding ,in ,instance)))))
        ,in
-       (symbol-macrolet ,(mapcar #'(lambda (slot-entry)
-                                  (let ((variable-name (car slot-entry))
+       (symbol-macrolet ,(mapcar (lambda (slot-entry)
+                                  (let ((var-name (car slot-entry))
                                         (accessor-name (cadr slot-entry)))
-                                    `(,variable-name
-                                       (,accessor-name ,in))))
-                              slots)
+                                    `(,var-name (,accessor-name ,in))))
+                                slots)
          ,@body))))