Re: An ASDF patch

Hi Christophe,

I'm going to skip over some of your questions completely and get back  
to them when I make more time to think.

>> +  (let ((*default-pathname-defaults*
>> +	 (make-pathname :name nil :type nil
>> +			:defaults *default-pathname-defaults*)))
>
> I'd be surprised if this actually did what you might expect it to in
> all implementations, knowing what I do about some of them... only some
> of them treat :name nil as explicit provision of a name; others will
> merrily merge over the top of that NIL from the defaults.

Hm, OK. Is there a portable solution? Otherwise, I think I'd like to  
keep it since it will at least work some of the time. I was actually  
bit by this not too long ago which is why I thought adding it would  
be a good thing.

Secondly, I take it that the system-relative-pathname hunk is not  
objectionable. Unless I hear otherwise, I think I'll include that  
patch separately and then we can keep discussing the other ones.

thanks,
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