[asdf-devel] component-property

[Zach Beane]

Faré <fahree at gmail.com> writes:

>>> On the one hand, I am deprecating component-property in ASDF3,
>>
>> Why? What will be the new mechanism for what component-property
>> provides?
>>
> I propose that any data that component-property is actually used for
> should be in appropriate slots of the system.

This will introduce a new round of synchronization headaches whenever a
new slot is added. The existing mechanism is forward and backward
compatible indefinitely.

Zach