Hi, I have just released new versions of all Closer libraries, including Closer to MOP and ContextL. A major change that affects all libraries is that I have dropped support for Macintosh Common Lisp, and "replaced" OpenMCL with Clozure Common Lisp. Furthermore, the dependency of Closer to MOP to LW-Compat has been removed due to requests by users, but a dependency of ContextL to the portable-threads librarie of the GBBopen project has been added. Other highlights include: ## Closer to MOP 0.5 ## + In MCL, OpenMCL and Clozure Common Lisp, funcallable-standard-object is now exported from Closer to MOP. + Fixed the lack of :generic-function-argument-precedence-order- returns-required-arguments in Allegro Common Lisp. + Ensured that a defgeneric form makes a generic function metaobject available in the compile-time environment. Otherwise, defmethod may not yield a method of the correct method metaobject class. + Added support for compute-discriminating-function in Clozure Common Lisp and OpenMCL, based on code provided by Slava Akhmechet. + Added a classp predicate (due to Willem Broekema). ## ContextL 0.5 ## + Added :in as an alternative for :in-layer in the various define- layered-xyz macros. + ContextL now depends on portable-threads of the GBBopen project. This is done for locking critical sections to ensure thread safety of ContextL. + Added new functions active-layers and (setf current-layer-context). + Added a garbage collector for layer caches, such that redefinition of layers or certain methods in the ContextL MOP have an effect. + Simplified mapping of layer-related names to internal names, which should also make things easier to read when debugging ContextL programs. ## MOP Feature Tests 0.45 ## + Added new recognized standard feature :generic-function-argument- precedence-order-returns-required-arguments. + Added a new known extra feature for SBCL (since SBCL version 1.0.14). The libraries can be downloaded from http://common-lisp.net/project/closer/ and are asdf-installable, as usual. Best, Pascal -- Pascal Costanza, mailto:pc@p-cos.net, http://p-cos.net Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Programming Technology Lab Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussel, Belgium _______________________________________________ closer-announce mailing list closer-announce@common-lisp.net http://common-lisp.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/closer-announce _______________________________________________ announcements site list announcements@common-lisp.net http://common-lisp.net/mailman/listinfo/announcements