[asdf-devel] ASDF2 cache control?

[Robert Goldman]

On 4/3/10 Apr 3 -10:16 AM, Faré wrote:
> Oops, the website is out of date. We really ought to fix that.
> 
> I just added this FAQ to the manual (in doc/asdf.texinfo):
> 
> @subsection ``How can I wholly disable the compiler output cache?''
> 
> To permanently disable the compiler output cache
> for all future runs of ASDF, you can:
> 
> @example
> mkdir -p ~/.config/common-lisp/asdf-output-translations.conf.d/
> echo ':disable-cache' >
> ~/.config/common-lisp/asdf-output-translations.conf.d/99-disable-cache.conf
> @end example
> 
> This assumes that you didn't otherwise configure the ASDF files
> (if you did, edit them again),
> and don't somehow override the configuration at runtime
> with a shell variable (see below) or some other runtime command
> (e.g. some call to @code{asdf:initialize-output-translations}).
> 
> To disable the compiler output cache in Lisp processes
> run by your current shell, try (assuming @code{bash} or @code{zsh}):
> 
> @example
> export ASDF_OUTPUT_TRANSLATIONS=/:
> @end example
> 
> To disable the compiler output cache just in the current Lisp process,
> use (after loading ASDF but before using it):
> 
> @example
> (asdf:initialize-output-translations "/:")
> @end example


Since output translation was not the default in Classic ASDF, would it
be reasonable to make this more user-friendly?  I.e., add something like

(asdf:disable-output-translations)

as an alias for

(asdf:initialize-output-translations "/:")