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call other programs and parse their output,
compile Lisp code, muffle conditions, or configure Lisp software.
See its
<a href="https://gitlab.common-lisp.net/asdf/asdf/tree/master/uiop/README.md">README.md</a>.
<a href="https://gitlab.common-lisp.net/asdf/asdf/tree/master/uiop/README.md">README.md</a> for an overview,
and the documentation as extracted from its docstrings by
<a href="http://bimib.disco.unimib.it/people/Marco.Antoniotti/Projects/CL/HELAMBDAP/tests/asdf-uiop/docs/html/dictionary/dictionary.html">HEΛP</a>.
</p>
<p><tt>uiop</tt> is distributed as part of the <tt>ASDF</tt>,
its source code is transcluded in the single-file <tt>asdf.lisp</tt> being distributed
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<a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/asdf/+bug/1230368"><tt>quick-build</tt></a>
(also reimplemented as the ASDF extension
<a href="https://gitlab.common-lisp.net/asdf/asdf-package-system"
><tt>asdf-package-system</tt></a>; similar to <tt>faslpath</tt> below).
><tt>asdf-package-system</tt></a>, now part of ASDF 3;
similar to <tt>faslpath</tt> below).
</li>
<li>Fran&ccedil;ois-Ren&eacute; Rideau's
<a href="https://common-lisp.net/project/xcvb/"><tt>XCVB</tt></a>
(building object and image files deterministically and in parallel,
but not actively maintained since 2012;
thanks to its new build model, ASDF 3 could conceivably be modified
to support these features).
a hypothetical ASDF 4 could conceivably be evolved to support these features
thanks to the groundwork laid by ASDF 3).
</li>
<li>Drew McDermott's
<a href="http://cs-www.cs.yale.edu/homes/dvm/"><tt>YTools</tt></a>
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<td align="left"><tt>mcl xcl</tt></td></tr>
<tr><th align="left">Proprietary</th>
<td align="left"><tt>allegro</tt></td>
<td align="left"><tt>lispworks mocl</tt></td>
<td align="left"><tt>cormanlisp genera scl</tt></td></tr>
<td align="left"><tt>lispworks</tt></td>
<td align="left"><tt>cormanlisp genera mocl scl</tt></td></tr>
</table>
<p>
To deal with an implementation that doesn't yet provide ASDF 3,
we provide <a href="https://common-lisp.net/asdf/asdf/tree/master/tools/install-asdf.lisp">a script</a> that can install ASDF 3
where your implementation goes looking for it
we provide <a href="https://common-lisp.net/asdf/asdf/tree/master/tools/install-asdf.lisp">a script</a>
that can install ASDF 3 where your implementation goes looking for it
when you <tt>(require "asdf")</tt> .
</p><p>
Alternatively, if the implementation provides ASDF 2
Alternatively, though we don't recommend it, if the implementation provides ASDF 2
(as do <tt>lispworks mocl xcl</tt> or older versions of some implementations)
or an overly old version of ASDF 3,
you can download, install and configure a more recent ASDF 3,
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to compute the actual dependencies in a big ASDF system.</li>
<li><a href="https://common-lisp.net/project/qitab/"
><tt>poiu</tt></a>,
to compile a system in parallel.</li>
to compile a system in parallel on a multiprocessor machine.</li>
<li><a href="https://common-lisp.net/project/asdf-system-connections/"
><tt>asdf-system-connections</tt></a>,
lets you specify systems that are automatically loaded when
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<li><a href="http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~didier/software/lisp/misc.php#asdf-flv"
><tt>asdf-flv</tt></a>,
to bind file-local variables around the compilation of some files.</li>
<li><a href="http://gitlab.common-lisp.net/asdf/asdf-package-system"
><tt>asdf-package-system</tt></a>,
to compile Lisp source files with one package per file
that also determines dependencies, in the style of
<a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/asdf/+bug/1230368"><tt>quick-build</tt></a> or
<a href="http://www.cliki.net/faslpath"><tt>faslpath</tt></a>
(this functionality is built into recent versions of ASDF 3.1 and later,
but this package exists for backward compatibility with earlier versions of ASDF 3;
search the manual for <tt>package-inferred-system</tt>).
</ul>
<p>Former extensions, now superseded, include:</p>
<ul>
<li><tt>asdf-binary-locations</tt> allowed one to redirect where ASDF creates its output files,
<li><tt>asdf-binary-locations</tt> used to allow one to redirect where ASDF 1 created its output files,
so they don't clash between implementations and don't pollute source directories.
It is superseded by <tt>asdf/defsystem</tt>'s builtin
<tt>asdf-output-translations</tt> mechanism;
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a standalone executable program (on supported implementations),
or an image containing your system precompiled.
</li>
<li><tt>asdf-condition-control</tt>, initially part of XCVB's <tt>xcvb-driver</tt>,
allowed you to muffle uninteresting conditions during compilation.
Is now superseded by equivalent functionality in <tt>uiop</tt>.
</li>
<li><a href="http://gitlab.common-lisp.net/asdf/asdf-package-system"
><tt>asdf-package-system</tt></a>,
to compile Lisp source files with one package per file
that also determines dependencies, in the style of
<a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/asdf/+bug/1230368"><tt>quick-build</tt></a> or
<a href="http://www.cliki.net/faslpath"><tt>faslpath</tt></a>
(this functionality is built into recent versions of ASDF 3.1 and later,
but this package exists for backward compatibility with earlier versions of ASDF 3;
search the manual for <tt>package-inferred-system</tt>).
</li>
<li><tt>asdf-utils</tt> was a collection of utilities that originated with ASDF.
It is now superseded by <tt>uiop</tt>, aka <tt>asdf/driver</tt>,
which is part of ASDF,
and exports its functionality
in its own package <tt>uiop</tt>.
</li>
<li><tt>asdf-condition-control</tt>, initially part of XCVB's <tt>xcvb-driver</tt>,
allowed you to muffle uninteresting conditions during compilation.
Is now superseded by equivalent functionality in <tt>uiop</tt>.
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Contributing</h3>
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<p><span class="copyright"Copyright &copy; 2001-2014 Daniel Barlow and contributors</span></p>
<p><span class="copyright"Copyright &copy; 2001-2015 Daniel Barlow and contributors</span></p>
<p>ASDF has an <a href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php">MIT style</a> license</p>
<div id="timestamp">Last updated 2015-03-28</div>
<div id="timestamp">Last updated 2015-05-05</div>
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UIOP the Utilities for Implementation- and OS- Portability
==========================================================
UIOP, the Utilities for Implementation- and OS- Portability
===========================================================
UIOP is the portability layer of ASDF.
It provides utilities that abstract over discrepancies between implementations,
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It is organized by topic in many files, each of which defines its own package
according to its topic: e.g `pathname.lisp` will define package `UIOP/PATHNAME`
and contain utilities related to the handling of pathname objects.
All exported symbols are reexported in a convenience package `UIOP`.
All exported symbols are reexported in a convenience package `UIOP`,
except for those from `UIOP/COMMON-LISP`.
We recommend package `UIOP` be used to access all the symbols.
The files that constitute UIOP are, in loading order:
The files that constitute UIOP are, in dependency loading order:
* `package`: deals with packages and their symbols, most notably including
`define-package`, a variant of `defpackage` capable of hot-upgrade, or
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* `common-lisp`: lets you paper over various sub-standard implementations.
Big offenders are Corman, GCL, Genera, MCL, all of them unmaintained.
Supported without serious issues are:
ABCL, Allegro, CCL, CMUCL, CLISP, ECL, LispWorks, MKCL, SBCL, SCL, XCL.
ABCL, Allegro, CCL, CMUCL, CLASP, CLISP, ECL, LispWorks, MKCL, SBCL, SCL, XCL.
* `utility`: provides macros and functions that do not involve I/O; it handles
control-flow, (p)lists, characters, strings, functions, classes, conditions,
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runs hooks around compilation (to e.g. control optimizations or syntax),
identifies the pathname of the current file, combines FASLs, etc.
* `configuration`: helps you define portable configuration files, using best
practices to define and validate syntax, search standard paths,
* `configuration`: helps you portably locate and parse configuration files,
using best practices to define and validate syntax, search standard paths,
let users specify pathnames or pathname patterns, etc.
* `backward-driver`: provides backward-compatibility with earlier incarnations
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http://quickdocs.org/uiop/api
See bug report:
https://github.com/fukamachi/quickdocs/issues/24
Using UIOP
----------
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It has since fully superseded functionality from the following libraries:
ASDF-UTILS (UIOP carries on the ASDF 2 utilities that this exported),
CL-FAD (UIOP's pathname and filesystem functions are much more portable),
CL-LAUNCH (UIOP took its image and command-line argument handling from it),
EXTERNAL-PROGRAM, TRIVIAL-SHELL and XCVB-DRIVER (UIOP's run-program is better),
SLIME's swank-loader (UIOP has better compilation and API identification),
CL-LAUNCH (UIOP took its image and command-line argument handling),
EXTERNAL-PROGRAM, TRIVIAL-SHELL and XCVB-DRIVER (UIOP's run-program evolved
from XCVB-DRIVER's, and so did its condition muffling),
SLIME's swank-loader (UIOP has better compilation and ABI identification),
TRIVIAL-BACKTRACE (UIOP/IMAGE has all of it and more), etc.
UIOP also captures a large subset of the functionality from TRIVIAL-FEATURES,
and a small subset of the functionality from ALEXANDRIA or FARE-UTILS.
We recommend you use UIOP instead of any of the above, where applicable,
since UIOP is more portable, more robust, more ubiquitous, better designed,
better documented, etc.
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