On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Robert Goldman <rpgoldman@sift.info> wrote:

I think it is safe (shouldn't interfere with any other implementations
use of ASDF), but this use of *FEATURES* at *run-time* instead of the
conventional use at compile-time makes me feel a little uncomfortable.
It feels to me like an abuse of a facility.

Right now this is how my two compilers expose their presence to their users. I do not see how this could be an abuse and why further variables are needed. Besides, this is ECL's design, not ASDF's.

Juanjo

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