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Re: [Gcl-devel] File load algorithm


From: Camm Maguire
Subject: Re: [Gcl-devel] File load algorithm
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2015 11:09:14 -0500
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Here is a somewhat crazy idea which is nonetheless related to the
pathname work I'm doing now.  What about supporting version :newest,
with non-wildcard pathnames containing this referring to the pathname,
and #p"/foo/bar/*.{o,lsp,lisp}" (with version set to :newest) referring
to the intended target?

Take care,



J Dalton <address@hidden> writes:

> I think that if there's to be more than one source file extension /
> type that's checked, there should be a list of them that the user can
> specify somehow.  I have used ".cl" more than ".lisp".   But if the
> algorithm is going to get that complicated, should it really be part
> of LOAD?   I think that LOAD should perhaps do something quite simple,
> and that if people want something more complicated, they can write it
> or use of of the DEFSYSTEMs.
>
> -- J.
>
>
> On 12 November 2015 at 16:21, Camm Maguire <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Greetings!
>>
>> Blake McBride <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 8:43 PM, Blake McBride <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>>     ...
>>>
>>>     Secondly, I think GCL should also auto-check the file extension .lisp  
>>> (not just .lsp)
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 10:31 AM, Raymond Toy <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>>     ....
>>>     It would be nice if gcl would look for foo.lsp and foo.lisp.  It seems
>>>     nowadays most people use "lisp" as the extension, and also some other
>>>     lisps will look for foo.lsp and foo.lisp, it would be nice if gcl
>>>     could do the same.
>>>
>>> Yes.  Not sure Camm saw this.
>>>
>>
>> Yes I did and I think its a good idea.  Will try to get this in soon.
>>
>> Take care,
>>
>>
>>> Blake
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>> Camm Maguire                                        address@hidden
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Camm Maguire                                        address@hidden
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