[Openmcl-devel] MOP: slot-definition-name and conditional compliation

[Alexander Repenning]

On Oct 16, 2012, at 8:35 AM, R. Matthew Emerson wrote:

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> On Oct 16, 2012, at 9:35 AM, Steven Núñez <steven.nunez at illation.com> wrote:
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>> I'm getting some errors related to slot-definition-name (and types) that appear to be related to conditional compilation. This page:
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>> http://ccl.clozure.com/manual/chapter11.2.html
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>> Indicates that these MOP functions are exported from the CCL package, however the system I'm loading (XMLisp) has the following conditional imports:
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>>  #+:mcl
>>   (import '(ccl:slot-definition-name ccl:slot-definition-type ccl:slot-definition-initform))
>>   #+(or :ccl-5.1 :openmcl)
>>   (import '(ccl:class-slots))
>> …
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>> Emacs helpfully colors the non-applicable conditionals in red (same color as comments), and the ccl:class-slots import is the one being executed.
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>> Does anyone have handy the proper import conditional for ccl 1.8? Where would this be documented (:openmcl, :mcl or :ccl-X.Y) ?
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> :openmcl will continue to be in *features*, probably forever.  Ever since ccl 1.2, we've added a new symbol to *features* based on the release version, i.e., :ccl-1.2, :ccl-1.3, etc.  The presence of a symbol like :ccl-1.4 in *features*, means we're ccl 1.4 or later.


That conditional import probably should be updated but does still work for me with CCL 1.8. What kind of error do you get?

Alex


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