Re: [Gcl-devel] logical-pathname-translations 2.6.1 vs 2.7.0

[Camm Maguire]

Greetings!

Chris Hall <address@hidden> writes:

> I'm trying to use CLOCC on Debian woody and GCL 2.6.1-36 (ANSI).
> 
> I've seen the following relevant gcl-devel archive messages:
> http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/gcl-devel/2004-02/msg00170.html
> http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/gcl-devel/2003-11/msg00063.html
> http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/gcl-devel/2002-08/msg00085.html
> 
> I've also just downloaded, built and tried the gclcvs 2.7.0-20.
> 
> The 'bootstrapper' for CLOCC is clocc.lisp - makes using the rest of
> the system _much_ easier.
> 
> Under 2.6.1-36, it won't load or compile-file - (SETF
> (LOGICAL-PATHNAME-TRANSLATIONS *clocc-root*) (...)) brings things to a
> halt.
> 
> Under 2.7.0-20, it compile-files just fine, but on trying to load
> clocc.o, things break at the same SETF form.
> 
> Dunno if this is useful to anyone.
> 
> FWIW, I noticed that prioritization of yet-to-be implemented ANSI
> features was discussed in the referenced messages.  I have no idea of
> the internals, but from a purely pragmatic viewpoint, doing what it
> takes to get GCL to successfully compile and load the CLOCC libraries
> might be worth considering. ;-)
> 

OK, we'll put logical pathnames/clocc/common-lisp controller toward
the top of the agenda for 2.7.x, unless anyone objects.

Take care,

> For now, though, I guess I'll just hack the parts of CLOCC I'm
> interested in to use regular pathnames, and see what breaks after
> that.
> 
> This in an interesting way to learn lisp, but . . .
> 
> Aloha,
> +Chris
> 
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Camm Maguire                                            address@hidden
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