On 2010-04-15, at 22:26 , Juan Jose Garcia-Ripoll wrote:
Who uses it?
depends on what one means by "uses it"? the value in the respective slot is more-or-less central to the dependency computation and is initialized in the instantiation process[1]. once it plays that role, is there any reason to not place the initarg in the interface?
Out of 291 packages, the only uses seem to be - Defining TEST-OP operations (greate majority) - In a few tests, it solves a wrong ordering of files - In two, it deactivates operations by using FEATURE (obscure way to do it)
The "paradigmatic" example of McClim cited here http://common-lisp.net/project/asdf/asdf.html#Common-attributes- of-components does not have a single occurrence of this word.
The question is thus, is it really needed?