[asdf-devel] :in-order-to

[james anderson]

On 2010-04-15, at 22:26 , Juan Jose Garcia-Ripoll wrote:

> Who uses it?

depends on what one means by "uses it"? the value in the respective  
slot is more-or-less central to the dependency computation and is  
initialized in the instantiation process[1]. once it plays that role,  
is there any reason to not place the initarg in the interface?

>
> Out of 291 packages, the only uses seem to be
> - Defining TEST-OP operations (greate majority)
> - In a few tests, it solves a wrong ordering of files
> - In two, it deactivates operations by using FEATURE (obscure way  
> to do it)
>
> The "paradigmatic" example of McClim cited here
>   http://common-lisp.net/project/asdf/asdf.html#Common-attributes- 
> of-components
> does not have a single occurrence of this word.
>
> The question is thus, is it really needed?

[1] : http://tinyurl.com/y37qr69