>> A cursory googling shows that system-definition-pathname is used by
>> bese qbook's publish-op. Should I reinstate system-definition-pathname
>> as an alias for system-source-file, or should I expect qbook to be
>> updated if anyone ever uses it again?
>
> I'm inclined to think that reinstating it, and making it raise a style
> warning for deprecation would be best.  Just on the grounds that the API
> should stay stable until someone masochistic enough to build ASDF 3
> comes along!  That way we will get fewer bug reports/questions.
>
In .8 I'm considering reinstating it, with a cerror instead of merely a warning.

And I'm the masochist, except I say "XCVB" instead of "ASDF 3".

[ François-René ÐVB Rideau | Reflection&Cybernethics | http://fare.tunes.org ]
My understanding of macros is expanding
        — Matthias Felleisen wrt the PLT Scheme module system

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