slime meta-dot in ASDF sources [cross-post from ASDF-devel]

[Stas Boukarev]

The macros like with-upgradability transform the code erasing any
links to the original source, making it impossible to locate.

On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 8:47 AM Mark H. David <mhd at yv.org> wrote:
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> [The main ASDF dev Robert Goldman answered this partly in ASDF-devel mailing list, but in doing so led me to believe the SLIME devs would know more, hence the crosspost. -MHD]
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> How do ASDF developers using emacs with SLIME deal with doing meta-dot (meta-.) on function names in ASDF sources. Out of the box, mostly when I meta-. just goes to one big top-level form that starts like this
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> (with-upgradability ()
> (define-condition invalid-source-registry (invalid-configuration warning)
> Thanks for clues,
> -Mark
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