On 29 Apr 2021, at 19:42, Stelian Ionescu wrote:
On Thu, 2021-04-29 at 18:58 -0500, Robert Goldman wrote:
On 29 Apr 2021, at 13:38, Marco Antoniotti wrote:
Robert, it was you who suggested to use it if I remember correctly.
How would it be different from what you just proposed?
My suggestion to use the `:properties` slot was not a good one. Looking at the code, this slot is clearly marked as being only for ASDF 2 backwards compatibility (it's hard for me to believe that this is even an issue any more).
Then you can safely un-deprecate it. Unless there is a clear reason to think that using that slot would break existing systems, there's no reason to add another slot.
-- Stelian Ionescu a.k.a. fe[nl]ix Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
Yeah, I am being lazy. I need to see what is being done with the current `properties` slot and whether it can be taken over, or if it is doing some weird classic ASDF thing that I need to stay away from.
I will post more once I have groveled over the code.