[asdf-devel] [PATCH 1/2] Fix error in parsing configuration directives

[Faré]

On 12 June 2010 16:42, Stelian Ionescu <sionescu at cddr.org> wrote:
>> If searching through :tree hierarchies weren't so desperately slow,
>> especially on SBCL, I would agree. Unhappily it *is* slow.
>> And so until and unless performance is fixed, I think it's necessary
>> to allow to not inherit but override the configuration.
>
> What does inheriting configuration have to do with :tree hierarchies ?
>
Because recursive through filesystem hierarchies is so slow,
inheriting a configuration that recurses through such hierarchies
can be a big pain in the ass.

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