Re: on the loading of preference files

Gary King <[email protected]> writes:

>> +(defgeneric load-preferences (system)
>> +  (:documentation "Called to load system preferences after  
>> <perform load-op system>. Typical uses are to set parameters that  
>> don't exist until after the system has been loaded."))
>> +
>> +(defgeneric preference-file-for-system (system)
>> +  (:documentation "Returns the pathname of the preference file for  
>> this system. Called by 'load-preferences to determine what file to  
>> load."))

I think that both of these should have an operation argument
additionally.  It's not just after performing a load-op that a
preferences file should be loaded -- consider a load-source operation,
not to mention possible user-specified operations.

Alternatively, if you believe that there's one and only one
preference-file-loading operation, then it probably deserves to be an
operation in and of itself.

Cheers,

Christophe