[asdf-devel] ASDF shipped with the latest Quicklisp-client doesn't work on Allegro CL 8.1

[Raymond Toy]

>>>>> "Fare" == Far  <Far> writes:

    Fare> Dear Xf,
    Fare> thanks for the patch. On allegro 8.1, is it only compile-file-pathname
    Fare> that refuses the :external-format argument, or compile-file as well?
    Fare> In the latter case, how does allegro 8.1 control encoding for input
    Fare> files? Does it rely on a special variable?

Is this not a bug in Allegro's compile-file-pathname.  The CLHS says
compile-file-pathname should accept all keywords accepted by
compile-file.

The docs for Allegro 8.1[1] says compile-file accepts :external-format.

Ray
[1] http://www.franz.com/support/documentation/8.1/ansicl/dictentr/compile-.htm