2009/7/10 Stelian Ionescu <sione...@cddr.org>: > On Tue, 2009-07-07 at 12:31 +0200, Tobias C. Rittweiler wrote: >> I think it's bitten pretty much all of us that we at least once tried to >> push a non-directory-designating filename to *CENTRAL-REGISTRY*. >> >> It's a common pitfalls for newcomers. >> >> Couldn't ASDF signal a warning when it encounters such a thing while >> grovelling through the registry? > > Why not simply deprecate(or unexport *CENTRAL-REGISTRY*) and add a > function REGISTER-ASDF-DIRECTORY that does all necessary checks ? > And break backwards compatibility?
Please DON'T! Don't break backwards compatibility without many months of advance notice. Which reminds me that I better get the XCVB interface right before I push it everywhere. Hence my requesting comments from beta-testers. [ François-René ÐVB Rideau | Reflection&Cybernethics | http://fare.tunes.org ] I have not yet begun to procrastinate _______________________________________________ asdf-devel mailing list asdf-devel@common-lisp.net http://common-lisp.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/asdf-devel
