Common Lisp the Language, 2nd Edition

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### 28.1.3.1. Inheritance of Methods

A subclass inherits methods in the sense that any method applicable to all instances of a class is also applicable to all instances of any subclass of that class.

The inheritance of methods acts the same way regardless of whether the method was created by using one of the method-defining forms or by using one of the `defclass` options that causes methods to be generated automatically.

The inheritance of methods is described in detail in section 28.1.7.