Misnamed secondary systems

Faré fahree at gmail.com
Fri Nov 18 13:40:18 UTC 2016


On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 8:36 AM, Mark Evenson <evenson at panix.com> wrote:
>> I'd like to forbid such misnamed systems.
>> Now a quick grepping through Quicklisp (see latest update to my ql-test)
>> finds 233 .asd files with such misnamed secondary systems.
>> Obviously it will take time to clean up the mess,
>> so for after the next release, I'd like to signal a full WARNING
>> when the condition is detected, and at some point,
>> make that a CERROR, then later an ERROR.
>
> I object on the grounds of widespread adoption.  At least it will leave me on the current ASDF for a long time.

What's wrong with issuing a WARNING until said adopting is down 95% ?

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