Re: defsystem and eval

On Aug 18, 2005, at 5:50 PM, Sam Steingold wrote:

> The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
> that has been posted to gmane.lisp.clocc.general as well.

Is there a "GENERAL" mailing list?  I got this message from gmane.

>
>> * Marco Antoniotti <[email protected]> [2005-08-18 17:26:43 -0400]:
>>
>> IMO, all in all the change must be reverted.  Otherwise, an
>> inconsistency is introduced between top-level DEFSYSTEM specs and
>> subcomponent specs.  Sorry Sam :)
>
> just release defsystem 5 before I switch to asdf.

I think I found a general patch for MK3.  Seriously, MK5 is not ready 
for prime time.  Please understand.


>> What exactly would the change allow that it is not allowed now?
>
> allows lexicals in :initally-do/:finally-do

Ok.  I think I found a general patch.  Essentially you made your change 
only to the top-level CREATE-COMPONENT.  You have to make sure that the 
patch is propagated as well.  See the function 
EXPAND-COMPONENT-DEFINITION.

This was a good discussion.  Let me fix these and I will commit a full 
fledged change (plus some backlog) during the weekend.

Cheers

Marco

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