ASDF components are brittle for backwards compatibility

[Stelian Ionescu]

On Thu, 2021-04-29 at 18:58 -0500, Robert Goldman wrote:
> On 29 Apr 2021, at 13:38, Marco Antoniotti wrote:
> 
> > Robert, it was you who suggested to use it if I remember correctly.
> > 
> > How would it be different from what you just proposed?
> 
> My suggestion to use the `:properties` slot was not a good
> one.  Looking 
> at the code, this slot is clearly marked as being only for ASDF 2 
> backwards compatibility (it's hard for me to believe that this is
> even an issue any more).

Then you can safely un-deprecate it. Unless there is a clear reason to
think that using that slot would break existing systems, there's no
reason to add another slot.

-- 
Stelian Ionescu a.k.a. fe[nl]ix
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

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