Re: missing methods

Christopher Stacy <[email protected]> Thu, 2 Apr 2026 08:10:30 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.lisp.steel-bank.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 4/2/26 7:49 AM, Stas Boukarev wrote:
> But nobody knows what asdf:compile-system does.
It reads the FASL files as they go by and randomly deletes some methods! 
Seriously though, even in my sleep deprivation I am beginning to believe 
you. I just watched it load the entire wrong system! Apparently there 
was a corrupted cache of some kind, because all the .CONF and .ASD files 
pointed to the correct systems in the correct directories. I would not 
believe it if I had not repeated it three times.

I am going back to the task of reducing the system in question. And VERY 
CAREFULLY watching what ASDF is doing for me. I still think there's 
either a subtle compiler bug, though. But now I am thinking it could be 
a CLOS cache issue of some sort that is related to load-time effects. 
(Or that I'm an idiot, which is always my preferred assumption.)