[armedbear-devel] JAR file support patches

[Mark Evenson]

On 1/26/10 11:39 AM, Alessio Stalla wrote:
[…]

> The only thing that I have not clear is the integration with ASDF: is
> it possible to have a .asd inside a jar and using it to load a Lisp
> library from the same jar? If yes, great :) if no, what is missing?

I'll check that out now, as this is one think that I want to work for 
ease of use, so I'll let you know in a bit.

> Incidentally, we may be able to autodiscover .asd files by scanning
> the classpath, and suitably update asdf:*central-registry*.

We first need to agree on a convention to wedge the concept of Pathname 
into CLASSPATH.  I now support your earlier proposal to keep the two 
separate, as it makes more sense.  And I'd like to get the "jar:" part 
of my changes into the trunk, and tested for a bit before introducing 
another the next step.  Right now, wildcards (and DIRECTORY) don't work 
inside JARs which would be the first step to autodiscovery.

-- 
"A screaming comes across the sky.  It has happened before, but there
is nothing to compare to it now."