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diff --git a/src/method-proto.lisp b/src/method-proto.lisp
index f5d8be7..b821912 100644
--- a/src/method-proto.lisp
+++ b/src/method-proto.lisp
@@ -216,6 +216,16 @@ (defgeneric effective-method-basic-argument-names (method)
    not included, and neither are more exotic arguments added as part of the
    method delegation protocol."))
 
+(export 'effective-method-live-p)
+(defgeneric effective-method-live-p (method)
+  (:documentation
+   "Returns true if the effective METHOD is live.
+
+   An effective method is `live' if it should actually have proper method entry
+   functions associated with it and stored in the class vtable.  The other
+   possibility is that the method is `dead', in which case the function
+   pointers in the vtable are left null."))
+
 ;;;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ;;; Code generation.