This is somewhat complicated because there are two degrees of freedom. An
instance of `class-pointer' is a pointer from a vtable to an `ichain' of
- the the class's metaclass instance. In particular, `class-pointer'
+ the the class's metaclass instance. In particular, a `class-pointer'
instance represents a pointer in a vtable constructed for CLASS and
attached to the chain headed by CHAIN-HEAD; it points to an instance of
METACLASS, and specifically to the `ichain' substructure corresponding to