Congruence of Method Argument Lists

• All methods of a generic function must have congruent argument lists

• args are congruent when

  • there are the same number of required args
  • there are the same number of optional args
  • use of &rest and &key compatible

• CLOS signals error if you try to define a method whose arglist isn’t congruent

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