Hi Rick,
sorry about that annoyance. ads implements a constraint solver as described in ftp://ftp.inria.fr/INRIA/Projects/contraintes/publications/ADAPTIVE/ saga01.html (as noted in modules/ads.lisp).
It is true that this is work in progress, however it can be used already, please see: http://common-lisp.net/pipermail/fomus-devel/2006-September/000077.html
In case someone wants to try it out, the iterate library is needed, that is available here: http://common-lisp.net/project/iterate/ (if someone needs more information on how to install it, feel free to contact me)
Maybe you could try just to remove modules/ads.lisp?
In general, I dont think fomus should include its dependencies. It may be very interesting to base new algorithms on the GECODE library by using http://common-lisp.net/project/gecol/. There an inclusion really does not make sense. So for the future this will be a general problem.
I personally like the module architecture so far. But maybe David has an idea of enhancing it? Or maybe its easier to tolerate that annoying message ? :-P
Cheers,
Kilian
Am 07.01.2007 um 15:35 schrieb Rick Taube:
as a lowly user i find this message annoying! i have no idea what it means or how to fix it. i dont see a section on componets or modules in the top doc page. i dont know what ads is or why i should care about it. if its important then fomus should include interate or whatever and just load the thing. but i dont see the point of squawking about it everytime i boot.
;; NOTE: Can't compile/register module file "/Lisp/CM.app/Contents/ Resources/fomus/modules/ads.lisp" ; (component "iterate" not found)
--rick
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