[asdf-devel] [PATCH] add &allow-other-keys to LOAD-SYSTEM, COMPILE-SYSTEM, TEST-SYSTEM

[Robert Goldman]

On 2/24/10 Feb 24 -9:00 AM, Tobias C. Rittweiler wrote:
> Robert Goldman writes:
> 
>> On 2/24/10 Feb 24 -5:54 AM, Tobias C. Rittweiler wrote:
>>>
>>> Although the way to extend operations by additional initargs is somewhat
>>> cumbersome, it's possible. Unfortunately, the sugar forms LOAD-SYSTEM,
>>> COMPILE-SYSTEM, and TEST-SYSTEM do not take additional initargs.
>>
>> I see that the docstrings for these functions seem to have some form of
>> markup in them that I do not recognize ( [operate][] ).  Can you comment
>> on this?
> 
> No it's what was in there.

Hm.  Possibly it's some creeping Markdownization.  At any rate, unless
we're going to adopt some docstring markup scheme for ASDF, which I
don't favor (ASDF should not have external dependencies), we should
replace all the "( [operate][] )" strings with simply "OPERATE".

I have mixed feelings about &allow-other-keys.  In general, I hate it,
because it makes the code no longer self-documenting.  Anyone's guess
how to call the function.

So here's a question for you, should we:

1.  Add &allow-other-keys for these wrapper functions or

2.  Figure that if you are supplying arbitrary keywords, the safety
belts are off and you should be forced to use OPERATE or OOS.

I'm OK with either.

best,
r