Index: generic/predefined.h
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diff -u -r4eafc074cdca60b0089c2a950954c83d519b91d3 -r8cd07ec2847e5ccff9f486950459d72a4d497e8b
--- generic/predefined.h	(.../predefined.h)	(revision 4eafc074cdca60b0089c2a950954c83d519b91d3)
+++ generic/predefined.h	(.../predefined.h)	(revision 8cd07ec2847e5ccff9f486950459d72a4d497e8b)
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@
 "if {![$i exists $att]} {::xotcl::setinstvar $i $att $default}}\n"
 "unset default}}}\n"
 "createBootstrapAttributeSlots ::xotcl::Class {\n"
-"{__default_superclass ::xotcl::Object}}\n"
+"{__default_superclass ::xotcl::Object}\n"
+"{__default_metaclass ::xotcl::Class}}\n"
 "createBootstrapAttributeSlots ::xotcl::Slot {\n"
 "{name \"[namespace tail [::xotcl::self]]\"}\n"
 "{domain \"[lindex [regexp -inline {^(.*)::slot::[^:]+$} [::xotcl::self]] 1]\"}\n"
@@ -202,7 +203,6 @@
 "::xotcl::Attribute instproc mk_type_checker {} {\n"
 "set __initcmd \"\"\n"
 "if {[::xotcl::my exists type]} {\n"
-"puts stderr \"mktypechecker, type=$type\"\n"
 "::xotcl::my instvar type name\n"
 "if {[::xotcl::Object isclass $type]} {\n"
 "set predicate [subst -nocommands {\n"