On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 12:11 PM, Robert Goldman <rpgoldman@sift.net> wrote:
The :REQUIRE directive seems undocumented.
Under what circumstances is it acceptable?
If I remember the intent and interpret the source code correctly, it is always acceptable, but highly non-portable, and is thus better guarded by a (:feature :sbcl (:require :sb-posix)) or (:feature :ecl (:require :sockets)) or some such. The result being that your component depends on a system that when loaded calls (require name). —♯ƒ • François-René ÐVB Rideau •Reflection&Cybernethics• http://fare.tunes.org The college idealists who fill the ranks of the environmental movement seem willing to do absolutely anything to save the biosphere, except take science courses and learn something about it. — P.J. O'Rourke