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Commit 6f7b9e10 authored by Robert P. Goldman's avatar Robert P. Goldman
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Partial discussion of new operations.

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......@@ -1473,7 +1473,7 @@ and has many options that prove useful in this context,
such as @code{:use-reexport} and @code{:mix-reexport}
that allow for ``inheritance'' of symbols being exported.
@node The object model of ASDF, Controlling where ASDF searches for systems, Defining systems with defsystem, Top
@node The object model of ASDF, Operations, Defining systems with defsystem, Top
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
@chapter The object model of ASDF
......@@ -1565,7 +1565,7 @@ but instead do something global on the system.
* Functions::
@end menu
@node Operations, Components, The object model of ASDF, The object model of ASDF
@node Operations, Predefined operations of ASDF, The object model of ASDF, The object model of ASDF
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
@section Operations
@cindex operation
......@@ -1583,11 +1583,23 @@ Operations can be invoked directly, or examined
to see what their effects would be without performing them.
There are a bunch of methods specialised on operation and component type
that actually do the grunt work.
Operations are invoked on systems via @code{operate} (@pxref{operate}).
The operation object contains whatever state is relevant for this purpose
(perhaps a list of visited nodes, for example)
but primarily is a nice thing to specialise operation methods on
and easier than having them all be @code{EQL} methods.
ASDF contains a number of pre-defined @t{operation} classes for common,
and even fairly uncommon tasks that you might want to do with it.
In addition, ASDF contains ``abstract'' @t{operation} classes that
programmers can use as building blocks to define ASDF extensions. We
discuss these in turn below.
@c The operation object contains whatever state is relevant for this purpose
@c (perhaps a list of visited nodes, for example)
@c but primarily is a nice thing to specialise operation methods on
@c and easier than having them all be @code{EQL} methods.
@menu
* Predefined operations of ASDF::
* Creating new operations::
@end menu
Operations are invoked on systems via @code{operate}.
@anchor{operate}
......@@ -1631,10 +1643,7 @@ To see what @code{operate} would do, you can use:
@end deffn
@menu
* Predefined operations of ASDF::
* Creating new operations::
@end menu
@node Predefined operations of ASDF, Creating new operations, Operations, Operations
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
......@@ -3638,6 +3647,7 @@ This might matter, for instance, in meta-data about author's names.
These functions are exported by ASDF for your convenience.
@anchor{system-relative-pathname}
@defun system-relative-pathname system name @Akey type
It's often handy to locate a file relative to some system.
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