On 9/22/16 Sep 22 -1:56 PM, Stelian Ionescu wrote: >> The comments in the file say that we *must* use load-asdf to load a >> .asd file, but not *WHY* we must do so. >> >> Why is this necessary? > > Because asdf:load-asdf sets up the correct evaluation environment, > including setting the correct *package*. >
OK, again, if this is required, why don't we ENFORCE it? It would be trivial to bind a special variable around the body of LOAD-ASD, and put something in DEFSYSTEM that will raise an INTELLIGIBLE error if that variable is not so bound (error "Do not load an ASDF system definition outside of ASDF:LOAD-ASD") Otherwise, we are just encouraging programmers to shoot themselves in the foot. I will put in place such a check.
