I don't think this would be the right thing. This package would turn into a 
conduit that would carry side effects between different system definition 
files. Better to stick with the status quo, I believe.
Best,
R
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"Faré" <[email protected]> wrote:

>> Historical reasons: .asd files are meant to only contain simple stuff, > > 
>> Not that this really matters, but ... this is not so. > > .asd files have 
>> always been meant to contains things like custom > component definitions and 
>> defmethods for them -- not "just simple > stuff". Historically speaking 
>> compiling .asd files used to work fine, > assuming they set up their 
>> packages right -- which is one of the major > reasons for the > > 
>> (defpackage :foo-system ...) > > (in-package :foo-system) > > (defsystem 
>> :foo ...) > > pattern one sometimes sees. Not sure if it is still expected 
>> to work. > It is still expected to work, and it is actually recommended if 
>> you're defining any ASDF extension: classes, methods, even just functions, 
>> that may have to be redefined, debugged, traced, or otherwise named. I 
>> wonder if ASDF shouldn't just define a ASDF-USER package that uses ASDF and 
>> CL, instead of creating temporary packages every time. —♯ƒ • François-René 
>> ÐVB Rideau
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