[slime-devel] Re: swank loading broken?

[Helmut Eller]

* Madhu [2008-02-21 03:27+0100] writes:

> * Helmut Eller <m27ih0aa95.fsf at common-lisp.net> 
>   Wrote on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:48:06 +0100:
> |
> |> * (swank-loader:init)
> |
> | The latest version of swank-loader:init doesn't reload swank if the
> | package already exists.  You can call it with 
> |   
> |   (swank-loader:init :reload t) 
> |
> | to override that.  slime.el invokes swank-loader:init without
> | arguments.
>
> [Have not tested it yet] but the new behaviour will not support the use
> case I mentioned in my messages to Marco Baringer, because aiui
> (swank-loader:init :reload t) will delete packages.

Double-check your assumptions ...

> The wisdom from ages has been to separate loading from initialization
> and to provide the mechanism to do both.[1]

before preaching about wisdom.

Helmut.