Re: [pro] definitional home

• Ben Hyde oulqr@cbobk.pbz [2011-03-28 09:57:40 -0400]:

On Mar 25, 2011, at 9:36 PM, Kazimir Majorinc wrote:

...

"DEFVAR and DEFPARAMETER do the combined service of

• in some implementations, recording the "definitional home" of the

variable ...

That reminds me; I desire an implementation independent library that abstracts out the recording of the "definitional home."

I am afraid this would be quite hard to do: imagine a variable defined in different files for different implementations and features.

On the other hand, it you are willing to compromise on implementation independence, you can use slime: I believe they support many implementations (each implementation has its own internal idiosyncratic way to remember where a variable is defined, and they abstract that out into a common interface).