Re: Adding a generic function layer inside OPERATE

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>>>>> "CR" == Christophe Rhodes <[email protected]> writes:

    CR> Nikodemus Siivola <[email protected]> writes:
    >> * I recall Dan having said something about how the current way
    >> of first traversing and then operating was a hack done to
    >> circumvent the Clisp lack of custom method combinations --
    >> which it now has. (This is more of a historical note then
    >> anything else: I think a change at that level would be best
    >> left for YASDF, ASDF2, or whatever.)

    CR> I think that this refers to the /implementation/ of TRAVERSE,
    CR> rather than the idea behind it, which I think comes from Kent
    CR> Pitman's paper about system definition.

    CR> (I also have needed to wrap system operations with some
    CR> dynamic state, and had to work around the problem, usually by
    CR> wrapping each file operation and maintaining some global state
    CR> instead; it is annoying, and I await ASDF2 with bated breath.)

My experience is the same as Christophe's.  But I'm reluctant to wait
for ASDF2 to get this improvement!

I've just managed to wean myself completely from mk-defsystem, so I
might have to wait for my next incarnation in order to move from ASDF
to ASDF2! ;-)

R
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