A modest proposition: DEFSYSTEM-DEPENDS-ON should die [was Re: What's the right way to extend ASDF with new symbols?]

[Robert Goldman]

Trying again:

Can someone please state what it is that Quicklisp needs?

IIUC Quicklisp does *something* with .asd files that does not involve
the defsystem-depends-on being resolved.

Is this reading?  Or loading?

If it's loading, then the DEFSYSTEM-DEPENDS-ON entries are resolved by
REGISTER-SYSTEM-DEFINITION, so the status quo doesn't solve the problem
of large scale analysis without side-effects.

If it's reading, then my solution is benign.

At least as far as I can tell.

Can someone give me a clue here?

thanks!
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