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

[Faré]

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.
I admit I haven't kept track of how many of them there were while
auditing quicklisp;
a few, still, that will have to be updated — making the exercise self-defeating
as a way to detect old code.

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