Re: [asdf-devel] Minor simplification

On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 4:06 PM, Faré fahree@gmail.com wrote:

I massaged your patch (notably made compile-file* a gf to move your code to an :around method rather than a manual wrapper), tested it, and committed as 2.012.5. Enjoy!

Fare, could you please go back to the other method I posted. This one does not allow one to *CHANGE* the way COMPILE-FILE* behaves.

I profoundly dislike generic functions API precisely for this reason. There is a base function, someone adds an around method and what about the next around? How do you remove the previous one?

The other solution based on a simple closure is simpler, has a smaller overhead and allows one to fall back to the original method, reinstating COMPILE-FILE* definition.

Juanjo