On 1/23/10 Jan 23 -5:38 PM, Robert Brown wrote:
LOAD-OP definitely compiles the Lisp source and then loads the resulting fasl file. You use LOAD-SOURCE-OP when you only want to load the Lisp source code without compiling it.
For the record, LOAD-OP compiles the lisp source /if it determines that it needs compiling/. If ASDF can determine to its satisfaction that the existing fasl file is sufficiently up-to-date, it won't compile.
Best, r