Quick response for now: yes, lowercase naming is a requirement. There are a
number of reasons for this, including the fact that CL's logical pathnames are
case-insensitive.
Best,
R
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> On Feb 17, 2019, at 01:21, Robert Dodier <robert.dod...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> The ASDF manual says that the name of a system is a lowercase string.
> Is that actually a requirement?
>
> I was trying to create an .asd system which has a name with mixed
> upper- and lowercase characters and the system is stored in a file of
> the same name on a case-sensitive file system (Linux). But I get
> "Component Foo not found" for that. If I change the name of the system
> and the name of the file to lowercase, the system is found.
>
> For the record, I've pasted the would-be mixed-case named system
> below. It contains stuff that will make it generally unloadable since
> you don't have my maxima-file hackery. If it turns out we need to go
> into this in more detail, I will devise a more minimal example. But
> first maybe someone can say what the name requirement is.
>
> best,
>
> Robert Dodier
>
> PS.
> (defsystem "SolveSolvable2"
> :defsystem-depends-on ("maxima-file")
> :author "Yasuaki Honda"
> :license "GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2"
> :description "Program SolveSolvable2 of GaloisGroupSolver, a Maxima
> package for solving polynomials based on their Galois Groups"
>
> :components
> ((:maxima-file "Gal")
> (:maxima-file "FiniteGroup")
> (:maxima-file "ExtendedField")
> (:maxima-file "Stage3")
> (:maxima-file "Verify")
> (:maxima-file "SolveSolvable2")))
>
