[asdf-devel] textual representation of plan, asdf:explain

[Faré]

On 15 December 2010 07:10, Tobias C Rittweiler <tcr at freebits.de> wrote:
>
> What is the way to get a textual representation of
> the plan of a system?
>
I wasn't aware that there were one.
Some mix of traverse and operation-description might help.

> I would have thought that this is what ASDF:EXPLAIN
> is for, but grepping through asdf.lisp did not make
> me believe that's true.
>
I have not been maintaining that interface, and
am barely aware of its existence.
Because ASDF is not built on top of a reflective rule-based system,
any "explanation" will necessarily be limited.
At this point, I will say: patches welcome.

> Also, is there some fundamental reason why
>
>  (asdf:explain 'asdf:compile-op :system-name)
>
> could not be the interface for ASDF:EXPLAIN?
>
You mean load-op instead of compile-op.
Compile-op is NEVER, EVER the proper answer.
Consider it an internal only.
If I could do it without breaking compatibility, I would de-export it.

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