[iolib-devel] New patches: 23-Jul-2009

[Stelian Ionescu]

On Sat, 2009-07-25 at 23:40 +0000, Luis Oliveira wrote:
> Stelian Ionescu <sionescu at cddr.org> writes:
> 
> > Not necessary but very convenient. My problem was this dependency chain:
> > osicat(syscalls) <- iolib(file-path) <- osicat(high-level) <-
> > iolib(zeta-streams).
> 
> Splitting osicat-posix and osicat into different systems would be pretty
> easy since they already live in different packages, etc. (This is
> mentioned in osicat.asd.)

True, but I don't want to expose the syscalls into their own package
because I intend them to be just an implementation detail, nothing more.

> Out of curiosity, what's iolib.pathnames for?

The pathname abstraction that I'm working on. try
(iolib.pathnames:file-path "/tmp"), for example

-- 
Stelian Ionescu a.k.a. fe[nl]ix
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
http://common-lisp.net/project/iolib
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 198 bytes
Desc: This is a digitally signed message part
URL: <https://mailman.common-lisp.net/pipermail/iolib-devel/attachments/20090726/34fc5a2e/attachment.sig>