[slime-devel] Find Definitions

Helmut Eller heller at common-lisp.net
Tue Dec 22 08:24:26 UTC 2009


* Terje Norderhaug [2009-12-22 01:52+0100] writes:

>> Assigning a standard meaning would be pretty difficult as
>> implementations differ considerably in this area.  E.g Allegro has
>> fspecs while Lispworks has dspecs. Fspecs are for functions only but
>> dspecs are indented for all kinds of definitions and new dspecs can be
>> added by users.  It's much simpler to treat dspecs as strings and just
>> display them as label.
>
> MCLIDE needs to be able to filter definitions based on their type, as  
> well as present the dspec in custom ways.

Why is that needed?

Helmut





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