Re: [asdf-devel] summary proposal for COMMON_LISP_PATH and system search changes

Gary King writes:

## default value for *central-registry*

...

• a `!` will be replaced by the default value (see below) so that it is easy to extend the path rather than just replacing it.

Is this really necessary?

## configuration file

When ASDF starts, it will:

1. setup `*central-registry*` using its own defaults and the

`CL_SYSTEMS_PATH` environment variable.

2. look for and load the *first* file named

`asdf-config.lisp` in each of these paths traversed in order (so that user settings take precedence over system ones). Note that the ASDF package will exist when this file is read.

"each of these paths" -- which paths? The ones in *CENTRAL-REGISTRY*? What's the use case for that?

-T.