[asdf-devel] Detecting non-defsystem dependencies

[Faré]

On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 9:35 AM, Zach Beane <xach at xach.com> wrote:
> Thanks. I started to implement this idea, but I'm concerned because ASDF
> already defines an unspecialized :before method on OPERATE. Is it safe
> to clobber it? If not, what should I do instead?
>
Well, I would use a :before method with slightly different specializers
than (operation component), e.g. (operation system), since you're only
interested in systems. (beware: poiu does that, too, on (operation t))

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