[asdf-devel] Recognizing directories in a component name

[Gary King]

Hi Fare,

I finally got to looking at your patch. It opens with

> ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
> ;;;                                                                  ;;;
> ;;; Confidential and proprietary information of ITA Software,  
> Inc.   ;;;
> ;;;                                                                  ;;;
> ;;; Copyright (c) 2007-2009 ITA Software, Inc.  All rights  
> reserved. ;;;
> ;;;                                                                  ;;;
> ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
>

which makes it hard for me to include it <smile>

Maybe I'm dotting the wrong i's hear but can you provide the patch  
without the license or otherwise release it?

thanks,

On Aug 28, 2009, at 9:44 AM, Faré wrote:

> For years now, we at ITA have been satisfied with a patch that does
> the following while building QRes: allow to specify module names that
> include a directory component, without having to redundantly as in
>
> (:module "subdir1/subdir2"
>  :components ((:file "subdir3/name3") (:file "subdir4/ 
> name4.subname4")))
>
> instead of the cumbersome (to be portable):
>
> (:module "subdir1/subdir2" :pathname #.(make-pathname :directory
> '(:relative "subdir" "subdir2"))
>  :components ((:file "subdir3/name3" :pathname #.(make-pathname
> :directory '(:relative "subdir3" :name "name3")))
>  (:file "subdir4/name4.subname4" :pathname #.(make-pathname
> :directory '(:relative "subdir4" :name "name4.subname4"))))))
>
> Since there is active ASDF development again, I cleaned it up and  
> here it is.
>
> The methods should replace those currently in ASDF. The helper
> function now uses the existing ASDF split function (as previously
> requested by Xof).
>
> The patch is both backwards compatible and portable, in that
> * the "/" character was previously forbidden in names of portable
> components without a :pathname statement, least it breaks miserably on
> most platforms.
> * the "/" character is now recognized by ASDF itself as a separator
> for directories later made with make-pathname, thus doing what is
> expected even on the odd platform without "/" as the pathname
> separator.
>
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