I wrote:

> If we opt for the former, we need to special case 
> #noteCompilationOf:meta: (and other such meta-level hooks) so that it 
> gets loaded first, and can participate in the loading of the rest of 
> the snapshot.

But I forgot to mention that we also need to do a more sophisticated 
analysis of the requirements for these "special" definitions, and yes, 
perhaps Avi's idea of method annotations is the best or even only way 
to do it.

Colin