Re: Defsystem + GCL

On Jul 28, 2005, at 1:38 PM, C Y wrote:

> I'm not quite sure where to send this, so I'll go for broad coverage
> the first time around.  Maxima uses MK-DEFSYSTEM to build its lisp
> files, and we would like to be able to use the standard defsystem.lisp
> file without alterations.  The problem is that the default MK-DEFSYSTEM
> (as of 3.5i) does not seem to work with GCL (ansi mode at least, which
> is what Maxima uses.)  Our current defsystem is patched to add support
> for GCL, so we can build on all supported lisps, but we would prefer to
> avoid maintaining our own defsystem.lisp.  So my question is:
>
> How come GCL doesn't work with current MK-DEFSYSTEM?  Do we need to
> enhance GCL, MK-DEFSYSTEM, or maybe both?  What would it take to fix
> it?  Would the clocc team accept patches for GCL?

Well, a first step is to send here the problems that you find with GCL 
and DEFSYSTEM.
If we don't get feedback we cannot try to fix the problem.  So if you 
have patches send them in and they will be considered.

Please note that in the case of GCL (whose status I am not so familiar 
with), if the problem lies in GCL ANSI conformance, then the patches 
will not be accepted.

Cheers

Marco
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