On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Robert Goldman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rpgoldman@sift.info">rpgoldman@sift.info</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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I think it is safe (shouldn't interfere with any other implementations<br>
use of ASDF), but this use of *FEATURES* at *run-time* instead of the<br>
conventional use at compile-time makes me feel a little uncomfortable.<br>
It feels to me like an abuse of a facility.<br>
</blockquote></div><br>Right now this is how my two compilers expose their presence to their users. I do not see how this could be an abuse and why further variables are needed. Besides, this is ECL's design, not ASDF's.<br>
<br>Juanjo<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Instituto de Física Fundamental, CSIC<br>c/ Serrano, 113b, Madrid 28006 (Spain) <br><a href="http://juanjose.garciaripoll.googlepages.com" target="_blank">http://juanjose.garciaripoll.googlepages.com</a><br>