I've reactivated XCVB thanks to Peter Keller, and decided that the biggest barrier to adoption was the ability to support as many platforms as ASDF does. The trickiest platform out there is certainly ECL, with its link model. Could Juanjo or another hacker work with me and/or Peter over skype and/or IRC to get the damn thing working?
If I understand correctly, * I want to compile everything I will later link into a .o with (compile-file lsp-file :system-p t :output o-file) * If I want to load, I first have to convert to a fasl with (c::build-fasl fas-file :lisp-files (list o-file)) * If I want to link files together, I call (c::builder ...) and there I'm not sure exactly what to do or not to do Things I don't understand: * When to or not to produce and/or use a static or dynamic library, in the context of an overall Lisp application [IIUC, make systems into a .a for easier linking, otherwise load individual files as .so] * How to make sure the initialization functions of objects and libraries are called [IIUC, nothing required] * What to put or not to put in the prologue and epilogue. [IIUC, only prologue required, when building a .exe, and that can be standardized into setting a few variables and jumping to a main lisp function] * If using .a libraries, do I coalesce previous libraries in a bigger one, or get a chain of libraries that require each other? [IIUC, a chain] * Same question when using .so files. [IIUC, it depends and it's complicated] * In a chain of .so libraries that require each other, what is the proper way to load them, and how do I control the load path? The asdf-ecl sources are a great help, but not enough to my inexperienced eyes. Also, if I want fuller support for ECL, I'll need to better understand how to fork with it, use run-program, etc. [ François-René ÐVB Rideau | Reflection&Cybernethics | http://fare.tunes.org ] An anarchist is a man who is careful to always use pedestrian crossings, because he utterly detests talking with policemen. — Georges Brassens ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev _______________________________________________ Ecls-list mailing list Ecls-list@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ecls-list
