On 4/13/2011 2:35 PM, Ryan Davis wrote:
When working on a larger lisp code base, one with 10+ files in one package, I begin to get nervous about accidental name conflicts, and was wondering how other people deal with this.
Here's the scenario I'm worried about:
* dsl.lisp, written by a coworker two years ago, has a number of small functions that are helpers for the main #'WRITE-DSL-REPORT function; one of these helpers is #'GET-WAN-IPS * nagios-config.lisp, written by me today, has a number of small functions that are helpers for the main #'WRITE-NAGIOS-CONFIG function; one of these helpers is #'GET-WAN-IPS * I miss the compiler warning about redefining #'GET-WAN-IPS * I test my code, it works in my REPL so I commit and call it a day * Code eventually gets pushed to production and #'WRITE-DSL-REPORT is brokenIt doesn't happen very often (and testing procedures usually catch stuff before it goes to production), but it seems like there should be a nicer way to deal with helper functions that you want to develop/test from the REPL, but don't need to be used outside the current file.
The compiler warning should not have been missed. We have a "no warnings" policy so warnings stand out, and I use the option in the AllegroCL IDE that has it pop up a dialog on warnings (so I /really/ cannot miss them).
I suspect also that there may be a problem with the conclusion that the code has been tested and works because it works in a REPL.
Absent those two issues, there is no longer a problem. :)
kt