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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Tamas Papp tkpapp@gmail.com To: pro@common-lisp.net Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:26:24 +0000 (UTC) Subject: library configuration Hi,
A user of my LLA library asked for more flexibility in specifying which foreign library to load. For example, BLAS/LAPACK come in so many variants that it is impossible to cover them with the :or feature of cffi:define-foreign-library, especially because users have their own preferences when more than one is available.
I am looking for a portable way to specify configuration for a library before/during loading with ASDF2. It would be sufficient if the user could specify an ALIST (or something similar) somewhere and I could read/ use it when the library is loaded. Does ASDF2 have a "standard" mechanism for library config files (eg where they are, how to handle them etc), or should I use something else? I thought of using *features*, but I need actual values instead of merely checking for the presence of symbols.
Any suggestions are welcome.
Thanks,
Tamas