Re: A modest proposition: DEFSYSTEM-DEPENDS-ON should die [was Re: What's the right way to extend ASDF with new symbols?]

On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 3:48 PM, Robert Goldman <rpgoldman@sift.net> wrote:

Trying again:

Can someone please state what it is that Quicklisp needs?

Quicklisp needs some way to determine all the direct dependencies required to load a system and its definition. It currently does this by direct inspection of the defsystem form (with a *macroexpand-hook*) *and* by registering an :around method for asdf:operate to catch any direct calls to asdf:load-system. -Eric