On 6/16/15 Jun 16 -10:24 AM, Didier Verna wrote:
Robert Goldman rpgoldman@sift.net wrote:
So what happens when the programmer updates the human readable version and not the canonical version, or vice versa? Wouldn't it be better to functionally derive one of these two forms from the other? E.g., (defgeneric formatted-version (component version-spec))
Probably. The only advantage I see in PB's suggestion is for people actually reading the system definition's code. But then, don't do that. Use Declt to create the reference manual ;-)
I am also disinclined to add something like the proposed
+1
Just to clarify: I am NOT saying Pascal is wrong to want these things or to do them himself. And I AM saying that ASDF should make it possible for him to do so.
I'm just saying I don't want them in the core of ASDF.
This is a matter of cost/benefit analysis for ASDF as a whole.
Cheers, R