0.7.0.6:

[sbcl.git] / src / pcl / macros.lisp

diff --git a/src/pcl/macros.lisp b/src/pcl/macros.lisp
index 9d4bbd8..ef82f3c 100644 (file)
--- a/src/pcl/macros.lisp
+++ b/src/pcl/macros.lisp
@@ -29,11 +29,14 @@
 (/show "starting pcl/macros.lisp")
 
 (declaim (declaration
-         ;; These three nonstandard declarations seem to be used
-         ;; privately within PCL itself to pass information around,
-         ;; so we can't just delete them.
-         %class
+         ;; As of sbcl-0.7.0.6, SBCL actively uses this declaration
+         ;; to propagate information needed to set up nice debug
+         ;; names (as seen e.g. in BACKTRACE) for method functions.
          %method-name
+         ;; These nonstandard declarations seem to be used privately
+         ;; within PCL itself to pass information around, so we can't
+         ;; just delete them.
+         %class
          %method-lambda-list
          ;; This declaration may also be used within PCL to pass
          ;; information around, I'm not sure. -- WHN 2000-12-30