[mcclim-devel] Patch: Rename key name symbols for support of lower case mode CL variants.

[Douglas Crosher]

Christophe Rhodes wrote:
> Douglas Crosher <dtc at scieneer.com> writes:
> 
>> * Rename key name symbols for support of lower case mode CL variants.
> 
> Instead of these huge diffs, would it be possible instead to bind a
> variable (did I see ext:*case-mode*?) so that SCL is in ANSI mode
> while compiling and loading McCLIM?  (Probably this ought to be done
> for plain old vanilla ANSI-conforming treatment of reader case, too,
> as I suspect that McCLIM wouldn't build if the lisp has an exotic
> readtable-case such as :invert)

This is not really practical.  While it is possible to compile in one mode
and load in another, there are limits.  Further many of the symbols
affected are exported so the requirement would be contagious.  I understand
your position w.r.t the maintainability of the code.

Regards
Douglas Crosher