Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:17:47 +0200 From: Helmut Eller heller@common-lisp.net
* Taylor R. Campbell [2006-07-10 17:41+0200] writes:
Is there a reason that `slime-compile-string' sends only the buffer name and directory, but not the actual filename (if there is one), to COMPILE-STRING-FOR-EMACS?
Presumably because no backend needed it so far. Actually, I don't know why we include the directory either. ISTR that Peter Seibel added the directory arg. Maybe he can shed some light on the issue.
Although it's illegal in Common Lisp to bind *LOAD-PATHNAME* or *LOAD-TRUENAME*, having the information necessary to do the equivalent operation in Scheme48 would be very useful for SLIME48, in order to reload individual module definitions, which record the pathname from which they were loaded. Right now I can get around this by a rather strange interaction with Scheme48's rudimentary filename library, but it would be nice to have the complete pathname, not just the directory.