Index: /release/1.2/source/compiler/nx0.lisp
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--- /release/1.2/source/compiler/nx0.lisp	(revision 9791)
+++ /release/1.2/source/compiler/nx0.lisp	(revision 9792)
@@ -1819,4 +1819,7 @@
         (if (and (setq special (gethash sym *nx1-alphatizers*))
                  (or (not (functionp (fboundp sym)))
+                     (memq sym '(apply funcall ;; see bug #285
+                                 %defun        ;; see bug #295
+                                 ))
                      (< (safety-optimize-quantity env) 3))
                  ;(not (nx-lexical-finfo sym env))