Re: [asdf-devel] [PATCH] add &allow-other-keys to LOAD-SYSTEM, COMPILE-SYSTEM, TEST-SYSTEM

On 2/24/10 Feb 24 -9:22 AM, Tobias C. Rittweiler wrote:

Robert Goldman <rpgoldman@sift.info> writes:

Actually, &allow-other-keys would not be necessary if these weren't normal functions but generic functions. Then methods can add valid keywords. And there's a programmatic protocol to get at all valid keywords.

[THESE == load-system, etc.]

I'd favor that approach.

I don't see how generic functions would help here, since typically we are going to be calling these functions on strings or on symbols, not on system objects. Best, r