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issue COMPILER-VERBOSITY, version 6
- To: cl-compiler@sail.stanford.edu
- Subject: issue COMPILER-VERBOSITY, version 6
- From: Barry Margolin <barmar@Think.COM>
- Date: Mon, 13 Mar 89 11:50 EST
- Cc: x3j13@sail.stanford.edu
- In-reply-to: <8903131546.AA02078@defun.utah.edu>
I see the benefit of :PRINT, but do we really need :VERBOSE? What's the
difference between
(compile path :verbose t)
and
(format t "~&Compiling file ~A...~%" path)
(compile-file path)
(format t "~&done.~%")
If any users want to have this controlled by a global variable, they can
do what we (Thinking Machines) did years ago and package it up in their
own function. At this stage of the game I don't see the need to add
gratuitous features like this.
:PRINT is less gratuitous because it implements a feature that the user
can't add himself.
barmar