On 2/16/16 Feb 16 -9:51 AM, Eric Timmons wrote: > On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 3:48 PM, Robert Goldman <rpgold...@sift.net> wrote: >> Trying again: >> >> Can someone please state what it is that Quicklisp needs? > > Quicklisp needs some way to determine all the direct dependencies > required to load a system and its definition. It currently does this > by direct inspection of the defsystem form (with a *macroexpand-hook*) > *and* by registering an :around method for asdf:operate to catch any > direct calls to asdf:load-system. > > -Eric >
If that is the case, then my proposed change will not upset QL. I was pretty sure it wouldn't, after checking the current implementation of DEFSYSTEM-DEPENDS-ON, but this adds a lot of confidence. Thank you very much, Eric. r