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[question] non-ansi features #1

Closed dkochmanski closed 8 years ago

dkochmanski commented 8 years ago
  1. When I have commented out check for CC variable in setup/setup.lisp for SBCL everything seems to work just fine even if CC is not set (i.e colors). Do I miss something?
  2. As far as I understand, termio can be configured with cffi-grovel - why is this restricted in termio/net.didierverna.clon.termio.asd only to allegro, clisp and lispworks – shouldn't it be cffi-grovel responsibility to verify if implementation is supported?
  3. Can SBCL use cffi-grovel like other implementations or it uses sb-grovel module for a reason beyond keeping dependencies minimal?

Thanks for CLON, I find it very useful (and it has a great documentation, what is a very rare thing).

didierverna commented 8 years ago

Hi,

relevant parts of the documentation are section 2 (Installation) and A.1-3 (Appendix).

Daniel Kochmanski notifications@github.com wrote:

1 When I have commented out check for CC variable in setup/setup.lisp for SBCL everything seems to work just fine even if CC is not set. Do I miss something?

It is likely that without a properly set CC variable, Clon will be compiled in restricted mode and you will lack colorized output. Another possibility is that recent SBCL removed the need for an explicitly set CC variable for the grovel part, but I haven't checked that yet.

2 As far as I understand, termio can be configured with cffi-grovel - why is this strictly restricted in termio/net.didierverna.clon.termio.asd only to allegro, clisp and lispworks – shouldn't it be cffi-grovel responsibility to verify such dependency?

That's because Clon prefers to use a native ffi when available (or at least that I know of). So SBCL will use sb-grovel, and the other guys will use CFFI. It is thus my (termio) responsibility to choose.

3 Can SBCL use cffi-grovel like other implementations or it uses sb-grovel moudle for a reason beyond keeping dependencies minimal?

No, the only reason is to keep dependencies minimal. SBCL could use cffi-grovel.

Thanks for CLON, I find it very useful (and it has a great documentation, what is a very rare thing).

Yup, I actually like writing documentation. It's a feedback loop (it helps writing better code).

Resistance is futile. You will be jazzimilated.

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dkochmanski commented 8 years ago

Thanks, all clear now.