On 6/16/15 Jun 16 -10:24 AM, Didier Verna wrote: > Robert Goldman <rpgold...@sift.net> wrote: > >> So what happens when the programmer updates the human readable version >> and not the canonical version, or vice versa? Wouldn't it be better >> to functionally derive one of these two forms from the other? E.g., >> (defgeneric formatted-version (component version-spec)) > > Probably. The only advantage I see in PB's suggestion is for people > actually reading the system definition's code. But then, don't do > that. Use Declt to create the reference manual ;-) > >> I am also disinclined to add something like the proposed > > +1 >
Just to clarify: I am NOT saying Pascal is wrong to want these things or to do them himself. And I AM saying that ASDF should make it possible for him to do so. I'm just saying I don't want them in the core of ASDF. This is a matter of cost/benefit analysis for ASDF as a whole. Cheers, R
