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+USING: eval tools.test compiler.units vocabs multiline words
+kernel ;
+IN: compiler.tests
+
+! Regression: if dispatch was eliminated but method was not inlined,
+! compiled usage information was not recorded.
+
+[ "compiler.tests.redefine5" forget-vocab ] with-compilation-unit
+
+[ ] [
+    <"
+    USING: sorting kernel math.order ;
+    IN: compiler.tests.redefine5
+    GENERIC: my-generic ( a -- b )
+    M: object my-generic [ <=> ] sort ;
+    : my-inline ( a -- b ) my-generic ;
+    "> eval
+] unit-test
+
+[ ] [
+    <"
+    USE: kernel
+    IN: compiler.tests.redefine5
+    TUPLE: my-tuple ;
+    M: my-tuple my-generic drop 0 ;
+    "> eval
+] unit-test
+
+[ 0 ] [
+    "my-tuple" "compiler.tests.redefine5" lookup boa
+    "my-inline" "compiler.tests.redefine5" lookup execute
+] unit-test