Robert Goldman <rpgold...@sift.net> wrote: > According to the manual REQUIRE-SYSTEM is "... a version of > @code{load-system} that skips trying to update systems that are > already loaded." > > There is no REQUIRE-OP. > > There is a REQUIRE-SYSTEM which is a system whose loading is handled > by REQUIRE instead of native ASDF.
OK, this is what I figured in the meantime. But then, this seems to contradict what the manual says (the part you're mentioning above). > This might be useful, e.g., on ACL, which has many bundled modules > which are loaded by REQUIRE. I'm not sure there is a common > implementation-independent use case, since people aren't distributing > a lot of code to be loaded with REQUIRE, AFAICT. I guess it's mostly useful for implementation-specific libraries. I use it for sb-grovel for instance. > Hope that helps. Sorry for the late answer: we've been grappling with > some knotty bugs on Windows. No worries. When I have bugs on windows, I usually close the blinds :-D -- My new Jazz CD entitled "Roots and Leaves" is out! Check it out: http://didierverna.com/records/roots-and-leaves.php Lisp, Jazz, Aïkido: http://www.didierverna.info