What are the methods defined by asdf-flv? IIRC, POIU also has a few :around methods (it also doesn't properly support ASDF 3.3 phases).
-#f On Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 17:24 Robert Goldman <rpgold...@sift.net> wrote: > An issue that came up discussing ASDF-FLV with Didier has to do with > outside modification to exported ASDF generic functions. I think it's > unambiguously reasonable to say "if you mess with unexported functions, > generic or otherwise, you're on your own, and could break things > arbitrarily." > > But I don't think ASDF has established clear expectations about extending > methods of exported ASDF generic functions. I think there's been an > unspoken assumption that if ASDF generic functions are to be extended, > particularly by :around, :before, and :after methods, there should be > some novel class introduced that will be used to select extensions. So, for > example, it's fine to wrap or write new methods for perform, but not for > existing component and operation classes. Doing so means that a change one > might think appropriate for one's own library bleeds out into other code > that one has no way of predicting, and also has the potential to collide > with ASDF's own code or other people's ASDF extensions. > > Those are good reasons for this convention -- no modification without > introducing new classes for method dispatch -- but ASDF-FLV is an example > of a system that wants to introspect about the entire running lisp image. > I'd be interested in hearing what people think about this kind of case. > Should we introduce, for example, an ASDF object that extenders could add > mixins to in order to enable modifications to ASDF behavior that aren't > limited to a single library? > > Please post any thoughts you have about this idea. >
