[asdf-devel] Pushed version 3.1.0.52 -- first version with checks for OPERATION subclasses -- please test!

[Anton Vodonosov]

22.01.2014, 23:07, "Faré" <fare at tunes.org>:
> On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 12:40 PM, Anton Vodonosov <avodonosov at yandex.ru> wrote:
>
>>  I don't think that preserving OPERATION semantics is really ruled out.
>>  Lets consider it a little bit more?
>>
>>  Is it true that old ASDF:OPERATION is semantically equivalent to the new
>>  DOWNWARD-OPERATION? If yes, the proposal I made earlier looks appropriate:
>>
>>    OPERATION inherit from DOWNWARD-OPERATION
>>    COMPILE-OP inherit from OPERATION
>>    LOAD-OP inherit from OPERATION
>>    LOAD-SOURCE-OP inherit from OPERATION
>>
>>  If we make so, these operations are backward compatible
>>  and at the same time fit the new ASDF 3 design.
>
> It's not backward compatible with systems that define methods on operation,
> and expect the method to be always calls for all operations.

But does "all operations" for the old code means only: operation, compile-op, load-op,
load-source-op, test-op and any descendants of those?
Because old code knew only this hierarchy.