[pro] definitional home

[Sam Steingold]

> * Ben Hyde <oulqr at cbobk.pbz> [2011-03-28 09:57:40 -0400]:
>
> On Mar 25, 2011, at 9:36 PM, Kazimir Majorinc wrote:
>> "DEFVAR and DEFPARAMETER do the combined service of
>>
>>  - in some implementations, recording the "definitional home" of the
>> variable ...
>
>
> That reminds me; I desire an implementation independent library that  
> abstracts out the recording of the "definitional home."

I am afraid this would be quite hard to do: imagine a variable defined
in different files for different implementations and features.

On the other hand, it you are willing to compromise on implementation
independence, you can use slime: I believe they support many
implementations (each implementation has its own internal idiosyncratic
way to remember where a variable is defined, and they abstract that out
into a common interface).

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