(Forgot, to remove html in mail...)

How about doing something like this in inspect-slot-for-emacs

file: cvs/slime/contrib/swank-fancy-inspector.lisp function: inspect-slot-for-emacs

(eval (read-from-string value-string)))))))) + (:action ,(custom-inspect-name class object slot) + ,(lambda () (custom-inspect-call class object slot))) ,@(when boundp `(" " (:action "[make unbound]"

With the following methods something like this:

(defmethod custom-inspect-name (class object slot) "[No custom inspections]")

(defmethod custom-inspect-call (class object slot) nil)

And then one could make own methods specializing on your own classes and slots.

(defmethod custom-inspect-name ((class person) object (slot company)) (format nil "[boss of ~a]" (name-of person))

(defmethod custom-inspect-call ((class person) object (slot company)) (slime-inspect (boss-of person))

Or whatever object models you have. Maybe make custom-inspect-call to follow relations in cl-sql....

(and add necessary checks, restarts and handler-cases)