The dictatorship of versioning

[Didier Verna]

Robert Goldman <rpgoldman at sift.net> wrote:

> Just to clarify: I am NOT saying Pascal is wrong to want these things
> or to do them himself.  And I AM saying that ASDF should make it
> possible for him to do so.

  ASDF could call FORMATTED-VERSION itself to initialize the
  corresponding slot (if any), and refrain from providing a writer for it.

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