Generic Function Call

(defun seize (lock)

(etypecase lock

(simple-lock . . .)

(null-lock . . .)))

versus

(defmethod seize ((lock simple-lock)) . . .)

(defmethod seize ((lock null-lock)) . . .)

• Should be roughly equivalent except for the first call to SEIZE.

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