[drakma-devel] Compile-time bug on OpenMCL

[Edi Weitz]

Hi!

On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 20:04:15 +0100, "Robert Synnott" <rsynnott at gmail.com> wrote:

> Compiling on OpenMCL, (both drakma itself and chunga) an error is
> given: "No MAKE-LOAD-FORM method is defined for [external-format
> stuff]".
>
> Apparently, this is something to do with OpenMCL's handling of
> constants:
> http://www.clozure.com/pipermail/openmcl-devel/2002-December/000823.html
> The constant in question is +latin-1+.
>
> I found replacing all references to the constant with its value to
> work, but I'm sure there's a neater way.

IIUC, the best way to fix this is to add a method for MAKE-LOAD-FORM
in FLEXI-STREAMS - which I just did.  Please try the latest version
(0.6.2), recompile Drakma, try it, and report to the list - I don't
have a Mac to test myself.

Thanks for the info,
Edi.