16:16:39beachThe lacking slots in the generic function turned out to be a simple omission in the bootstrapping procedure. I define a special version of ENSURE-GENERIC-FUNCTION for the purpose of bootstrapping, and I forgot to include the :NAME initarg.
16:18:03beachSpeaking of which, in the new bootstrapping procedure, it should be necessary to create a lot less bootstrapping-specific code, but I haven't thought it through yet. So that's another task that should be worked on, once the basic stuff is up and running.
16:18:34beachSo, tomorrow, I'll start with DEFCLASS in E5.