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diff --git a/src/method-proto.lisp b/src/method-proto.lisp
index f5d8be7..048c924 100644
--- a/src/method-proto.lisp
+++ b/src/method-proto.lisp
@@ -63,6 +63,15 @@
 
    This protocol is used by `simple-message' subclasses."))
 
+(export 'method-keyword-argument-lists)
+(defgeneric method-keyword-argument-lists (method direct-methods)
+  (:documentation
+   "Returns a list of keyword argument lists to be merged.
+
+   This should return a list suitable for passing to `merge-keyword-lists',
+   i.e., each element should be a pair consisting of a list of `argument'
+   objects and a string describing the source of the argument list."))
+
 (export 'compute-sod-effective-method)
 (defgeneric compute-sod-effective-method (message class)
   (:documentation
@@ -216,6 +225,16 @@
    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.