Madhu enometh@meer.net writes:
- Marco Baringer 87r6ftszlo.fsf@arsenic.bese.it :
| ok, since we even suggest doing this is the documentation i will stop | deleting the swank-loader package (but i'll keep deleting the other | packages unless you can convince me otherwise).
It is still a bad idea for the same reason. Variables set earlier in the session in the other packages will be wiped out of you delete the package. Definitely not what I want when I want DEFVAR to behave as specified on reloading.
well, the entire point of the patch is remove defvars from the swank package. if you have an older slime in an image and attempt to load a newer slime and the defvars don't get reset you'll a totally broken slime and very confusing error messages.
do you often load slime into an image which already has slime built-in?