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<H2>Issue COMPILE-FILE-PATHNAME-ARGUMENTS Writeup</H2>
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<PRE><B>Issue:</B> <A HREF="iss062.htm">COMPILE-FILE-PATHNAME-ARGUMENTS</A><P>
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<B>References:</B> <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="../Body/f_cmp_fi.htm#compile-file"><B>COMPILE-FILE</B></A>, <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="../Body/f_cmp__1.htm#compile-file-pathname"><B>COMPILE-FILE-PATHNAME</B></A><P>
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Related issues: <A HREF="iss067.htm">COMPILER-VERBOSITY</A><P>
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<A HREF="iss259.htm">PATHNAME-LOGICAL</A><P>
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<B>Category:</B> CLARIFICATION, CHANGE<P>
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<B>Edit history:</B> v1, 13 Feb 1991, Sandra Loosemore<P>
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v2, 11 Mar 1991, Sandra Loosemore (suggestion from kmp)<P>
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<B>Problem description:<P>
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</B><P>
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If an implementation extends <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="../Body/f_cmp_fi.htm#compile-file"><B>COMPILE-FILE</B></A> to recognize additional<P>
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implementation-specific keyword arguments, <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="../Body/f_cmp__1.htm#compile-file-pathname"><B>COMPILE-FILE-PATHNAME</B></A><P>
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must also support those additional arguments. However, there is a<P>
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discrepancy between the <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="../Body/07_ffb.htm#standard"><B>standard</B></A> keyword arguments accepted by<P>
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the two functions, as they are currently documented. (<A REL=DEFINITION HREF="../Body/f_cmp_fi.htm#compile-file"><B>COMPILE-FILE</B></A><P>
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has been extended to accept :VERBOSE and :PRINT keyword arguments.)<P>
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<B>Proposal (COMPILE-FILE-PATHNAME-ARGUMENTS:MAKE-CONSISTENT):<P>
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</B><P>
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Change the specification of the arguments to <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="../Body/f_cmp__1.htm#compile-file-pathname"><B>COMPILE-FILE-PATHNAME</B></A> to<P>
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<P>
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<A REL=DEFINITION HREF="../Body/f_cmp__1.htm#compile-file-pathname"><B>COMPILE-FILE-PATHNAME</B></A> <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="../Body/a_pn.htm#pathname"><B>pathname</B></A> &key :output-file &allow-other-keys<P>
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<B>Rationale:<P>
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</B><P>
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The intent was clearly to enable <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="../Body/f_cmp__1.htm#compile-file-pathname"><B>COMPILE-FILE-PATHNAME</B></A> to be applied<P>
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to any argument list acceptable to <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="../Body/f_cmp_fi.htm#compile-file"><B>COMPILE-FILE</B></A>. Documenting<P>
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<A REL=DEFINITION HREF="../Body/f_cmp__1.htm#compile-file-pathname"><B>COMPILE-FILE-PATHNAME</B></A> with <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="../Body/03_da.htm#AMallow-other-keys"><B>&ALLOW-OTHER-KEYS</B></A> fixes the problem without<P>
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worrying about future extensions and changes to <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="../Body/f_cmp_fi.htm#compile-file"><B>COMPILE-FILE</B></A> getting<P>
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things out of sync again.<P>
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<B>Current Practice:<P>
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</B><P>
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Few implementations support <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="../Body/f_cmp__1.htm#compile-file-pathname"><B>COMPILE-FILE-PATHNAME</B></A> or the extensions<P>
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to <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="../Body/f_cmp_fi.htm#compile-file"><B>COMPILE-FILE</B></A> yet.<P>
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<B>Cost to Implementors:<P>
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Trivial.<P>
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<B>Cost to Users:<P>
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</B><P>
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None.<P>
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<B>Cost of non-adoption:<P>
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</B><P>
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<A REL=DEFINITION HREF="../Body/f_cmp__1.htm#compile-file-pathname"><B>COMPILE-FILE-PATHNAME</B></A> can't be used reliably for what it was intended<P>
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to be used for.<P>
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<B>Performance impact:<P>
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</B><P>
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Minor.<P>
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<B>Benefits:<P>
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</B><P>
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A pointless inconsistency in the language is removed.<P>
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<B>Esthetics:<P>
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Looks OK to me.<P>
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<B>Discussion:<P>
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