On 15 December 2010 07:10, Tobias C Rittweiler <t...@freebits.de> wrote: > > What is the way to get a textual representation of > the plan of a system? > I wasn't aware that there were one. Some mix of traverse and operation-description might help.
> I would have thought that this is what ASDF:EXPLAIN > is for, but grepping through asdf.lisp did not make > me believe that's true. > I have not been maintaining that interface, and am barely aware of its existence. Because ASDF is not built on top of a reflective rule-based system, any "explanation" will necessarily be limited. At this point, I will say: patches welcome. > Also, is there some fundamental reason why > > (asdf:explain 'asdf:compile-op :system-name) > > could not be the interface for ASDF:EXPLAIN? > You mean load-op instead of compile-op. Compile-op is NEVER, EVER the proper answer. Consider it an internal only. If I could do it without breaking compatibility, I would de-export it. [ François-René ÐVB Rideau | Reflection&Cybernethics | http://fare.tunes.org ] A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. — Edward Abbey _______________________________________________ asdf-devel mailing list asdf-devel@common-lisp.net http://common-lisp.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/asdf-devel
