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<p dir="auto">On 6 Feb 2019, at 2:22, Jim Newton wrote:</p>
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<p dir="auto">When creating an lisp application I usually have one (or several) what I call top-level asdf systems<br>
which advertise the public interface to the application, and I may have several internal systems<br>
which are used but not intended for public use.</p>
<p dir="auto">What is the convention with asdf to distinguish entry-point systems from internal/private<br>
systems?</p>
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<p dir="auto">I generally try to use either Faré's "slashy" systems (like "shop2/common") in my work. When I can, it's even better to use a <code style="background-color:#F7F7F7; border-radius:3px; margin:0; padding:0 0.4em" bgcolor="#F7F7F7">:module</code> which isn't visible at all.</p>
<p dir="auto">I think what you are really asking is "how should I name a system that the user should never load <em>directly</em>?" I don't have a great answer to this question.</p>
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