Re: [Readable-discuss] :depends-on "readable" not working

[David A. W. <dwh...@dw...>]

On Sat, 06 Dec 2014 12:17:31 -0800, Alexander Dunn <dun...@ic...> wrote:
> Hi readable, ...
> If I execute (readable:enable-sweet) in the REPL before I execute (ql:quickload “help"), it compiles just fine.  But, I don’t understand why the same doesn’t work when I put (readable:enable-sweet) inside my help.lisp.  

Sorry about the bug.  I just posted to the "devel" branch an updated version of the "readable" library that fixes the bug.

This is a pretty important problem, so I plan to post an update to the package tonight on the master branch.  If anyone objects, please let me know asap.

The change is pretty straightforward; here's a quick summary.  This version turns the enable-* functions into macros so that they can invoke "eval-when".  During compilation the macros can only call functions that are *already* compiled, so the enabling macros have been moved into a separate file (so we can easily ensure that the macros only call already-compiled functions).

It'll take a little time before QuickLisp picks up the updated master branch version.  As a temporary workaround, I suggest replacing any call to (readable:enable-sweet) with:
(eval-when (:compile-toplevel :load-toplevel :execute)
  (readable:enable-sweet))

Once QuickLisp picks up the update, the problem should disappear.

--- David A. Wheeler