Cool, thanks! Turns out that just using :properties in the system definition works.
Check out (within parens...): HEΛPing ASDF (within-parens.blogspot.com) <https://within-parens.blogspot.com/2021/03/he-asdf.html> Cheers Marco On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 2:41 PM Robert P. Goldman <rpgold...@sift.net> wrote: > Yes, if you look at FIVEAM-ASDF, that is how John Maraist and I do it. We > introduce a subclass of systems that has an extra slot holding the list of > tests to be performed, and PERFORM reads that slot when doing TEST-OP. > > -- > Robert P. Goldman > > On March 20, 2021 at 02:45:57, Marco Antoniotti ( > marco.antonio...@unimib.it) wrote: > >> Ok. >> >> Well, can you at least have a plist or something in the component >> specification? I presume yes. I am just allergic to RTFM as you know :) >> >> Marco >> >> On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 12:04 AM Robert Goldman <rpgold...@sift.info> >> wrote: >> >>> We don't actually. Faré deprecated that. The reasons are complicated, >>> but basically, it wasn't possible to propagate arguments through a plan. >>> What do you need an argument for? Maybe there's a work-around. >>> >>> On 19 Mar 2021, at 16:24, Marco Antoniotti wrote: >>> >>> BTW. >>> >>> If you do not advise to specialize OPERATE, how do you pass arguments to >>> PERFORM? >>> >>> MA >>> >>> On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 7:45 PM Robert Goldman <rpgold...@sift.info> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> P.S. I don't recommend writing your own OPERATE methods -- OPERATE is >>>> quite complicated and messing with it could lead you into very deep water. >>>> I don't believe you should ever need to. >>>> >>>> On 19 Mar 2021, at 13:42, Robert Goldman wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi. I'm happy to help you work through this, but so that it doesn't >>>> recur as a problem, I'd appreciate it if you would help me fix the manual's >>>> discussion of this. >>>> >>>> First, have you read this page >>>> https://common-lisp.net/project/asdf/asdf.html#Creating-new-operations >>>> ? >>>> >>>> Please have a look at that -- it's not very long -- and let us know >>>> what more needs to be supplied. >>>> >>>> I note the discussion of operation-done-p. I suspect that is your >>>> problem -- your new operation is not aware that it needs to be performed. >>>> >>>> This page is substantially redundant with the pages on the object >>>> model, and should be beefed up with cross-references, and more inclusion of >>>> docstrings... >>>> >>>> On 19 Mar 2021, at 12:58, Marco Antoniotti wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> I am trying to create a new ASDF:OPERATION, but I must be missing >>>> something and the manual (or Google) does not seem to help much. >>>> >>>> How do you create a new operation, which may be quite simple? Or >>>> better, how do you get PERFORM and/or OPERATE to actually do something for >>>> you. >>>> >>>> I know I should RTFM, but in this case it is more of a RTFC, which is >>>> far more difficult. >>>> >>>> I tried the following >>>> >>>> (defclass my-op (non-propagating-operation) ()) >>>> >>>> (defmethod perform ((o my-op) (s system)) >>>> (print 42)) >>>> >>>> (defmethod operate ((o my-op) (s system) &key &allow-other-keys) >>>> (print 666)) >>>> >>>> But then, doing >>>> >>>> cl-user 42> (operate 'my-op (find-system "somesys") :bar 1024) >>>> #<MY-OP > >>>> #<ASDF/PLAN:SEQUENTIAL-PLAN 2301B97B> >>>> >>>> is all I get. >>>> >>>> Any tutorial or advice? >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Marco Antoniotti, Associate Professor tel. +39 - 02 64 48 79 01 >>>> DISCo, Università Milano Bicocca U14 2043 http://dcb.disco.unimib.it >>>> Viale Sarca 336 >>>> I-20126 Milan (MI) ITALY >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Marco Antoniotti, Associate Professor tel. +39 - 02 64 48 79 01 >>> DISCo, Università Milano Bicocca U14 2043 http://dcb.disco.unimib.it >>> Viale Sarca 336 >>> I-20126 Milan (MI) ITALY >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Marco Antoniotti, Associate Professor tel. +39 - 02 64 48 79 01 >> DISCo, Università Milano Bicocca U14 2043 http://dcb.disco.unimib.it >> Viale Sarca 336 >> I-20126 Milan (MI) ITALY >> > -- Marco Antoniotti, Associate Professor tel. +39 - 02 64 48 79 01 DISCo, Università Milano Bicocca U14 2043 http://dcb.disco.unimib.it Viale Sarca 336 I-20126 Milan (MI) ITALY
