[asdf-devel] ASDF-USER ?

[Faré]

On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 7:58 PM, Stelian Ionescu <sionescu at cddr.org> wrote:
>>>> I think the whole "temporary package" thing is a failure, and we
>>>
>>> What problems does it actually cause ?
>>>
>> It causes having to maintain this weird system,
>> having functions and classes the symbols of which become inaccessible, etc.
>> It causes users having the wrong expectations and/or having to learn
>> some magic semantics that do not apply to other cases.
>
> Why inaccessible ?
>
Because the package was delete-package'd in an unwind-protect form
after loading the .asd file, and its symbols are thereafter
uninterned.

>> * Using TRUENAME to simplify .asd management with a link farm. Big win
>> at the time, though ultimately not scalable.
>
> I still use this and love it. Actually, I'd like to be able to be
> allowed to return to the old behavior where ASDF re-initializes the
> source registry on every find-system. Given that I only use quicklisp
> and a symlink directory on an SSD, that's preferable(I don't use
> the :directory scanning thing).
>
I respect the *central-registry* feature and will keep supporting it.
It's great for advanced developers like you.
Don't want no caching? Keep using the *central-registry*,
it's not going away any time soon.

However, the caching is a big win for those of us who use :tree,
especially on implementations on which scanning is slow.
And that means most end-users and newbies, who want things to
just work with minimal configuration (i.e. none at all if possible).

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