On 1/8/16 Jan 8 -11:59 AM, 73budden . wrote: > Quote from the manual: > "But for code that you are actively developing, debugging, or > otherwise modifying, you should use load-system, so ASDF will pick on > your modifications and transitively re-build the modified files and > everything that depends on them. " > > What does "everything that depends on them" mean? > > I have > sys1.asd: > (asdf:defsystem :sys1 :serial t :components ((:file "sys1-file1"))) > ; EOF > > and > sys2.asd > (asdf:defsystem :sys2 :serial t :depends-on (:sys1) :components > ((:file "sys2-file2"))) > ; EOF > > I do (asdf:load-system :sys2), then I touch sys1-file1.lisp, then I do > (asdf:load-system :sys1) > > :sys2 does not get recompiled. > > This is what I always knew and expected to see, but, according to > manual, it should have been recompiled, as :sys2 depends on :sys1, > and, hence, from the modified sys1-file1.lisp. > > Now I don't know is this a "misbug" in asdf or a defeciency in the > manual. If this is a misbug, another question arises: is there a > "canonical" way to reload all systems that are currently loaded into > the image and sources of which have changed since last load? >
This is a lack of clarity in the manual. What was intended was something more like: "...and transitively re-build the modified files and other system files that rely upon them." "Everything" is wrong. I'm open to suggestions for re-wording this, or I can have a whack at it myself. Best, r
