An Update on the Method Combinations MOP

We report on our progress implementing a metaobject protocol for Common Lisp method combinations. This work was started in 2018 with a first implementation in SBCL, and then refined in 2023. Since then, we have two additional working implementations: one for ABCL and another for ECL. This paper describes the aforementioned ports, as well as a couple of refinements that were added since 2023.

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HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
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2026-05-11
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20024295
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Logic, programming, and type systems
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An Update on the Method Combinations MOP

Didier Verna
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
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An Update on the Method Combinations MOP

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We report on our progress implementing a metaobject protocol for Common Lisp method combinations. This work was started in 2018 with a first implementation in SBCL, and then refined in 2023. Since then, we have two additional working implementations: one for ABCL and another for ECL. This paper describes the aforementioned ports, as well as a couple of refinements that were added since 2023.

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
École Pour l'Informatique et les Techniques Avancées (FR)
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