Re: unloading/reloading an asdf system

On 7 mar 2006, at 14:59, Gary King wrote:

> Hi Craig,
>
> ASDF keeps track of the load time and compile time of the files in a  
> system, not the consequences of actually loading those files (which  
> would be very hard, IMHO). As far as ASDF knows, you loaded the files  
> already and so it doesn't need to load them again even after you  
> delete the package.
>
> FWIW, I _don't_ see the same behavior as you do. Here is part of  
> session in MCL with moptilities:
>
>> (asdf:oos 'asdf:load-op 'moptilities :force t)
>> ;Loading  
>> #P"Billy-Pilgrim:Users:gwking:.asdf-install-dir:site:lw-compat:ccl 
>> -5.1b4-apple-powerpc:lw-compat-package.cfsl"...   [...]
>>

Hmm. Have you checked the time-stamp of the fasl files? When I do use  
:force t in MCL 5.0 it will silently recompile the files.

//Lennart Staflin



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