[asdf-devel] System naming conventions

[Robert Goldman]

On 1/24/11 Jan 24 -9:03 AM, David Wang wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> QUESTION:
> 1. Could someone add a system naming convention section to the ASDF
> documentation, to help future users with similar problems?
> 2. If someone knows whether my rules-of-thumb (below) are right or wrong,
> let me know.
> 
> EXPLANATION:
> I've been porting a large code base from Franz/Allegro's defsystem to ASDF
> 2.012. I was originally writing the .ASD files on Windows and recently tried
> testing the build with the same .ASD files on the Linux variant, Fedora 14,
> but had some problems with various missing-components. I realized the
> problem had something to do with the treatment of case in filenames, and
> ended up fixing problem by examining the ASDF code and inventing some
> rules-of-thumb:
> 
> 1. When using Strings to name a system, make sure the filename of the ASD
> file, the name of the system defined in that file, and any uses of the
> system-name in other ASD files all have the same case. i.e.:
> 
> In the file "SyStEmA.asd":
> (asdf:defsystem "SyStEmA" ...)
> In the file "SyStEmB.asd"
> (asdf:defsystem "SyStEmB" 
>   :depends-on ("SyStEmA"))

Isn't this going to be unhappy if it hits logical pathnames, at least
for portability?  ACL and SBCL have rather different policies about
mixed-case names in logical pathnames, IIRC.  I just try to avoid
mixed-case now.  Minor nuisance, but it is guaranteed to be safe.

best,
r