Arguments: system-name options &body modules
This macro creates a new system with name system-name and options taken from options, containing module-groups specified by modules. system-name must be a symbol (we recommend using a keyword) which will identify the system. options must be a (possibly empty) list of keyword/value pairs. modules is a list consisting of one or more short form module-specifications and/or long form module-specifications.
This macro returns the symbol system-name.
The allowable options keywords are shown in the table below.
See also defsystem.htm for general information on the defsystem facility in Allegro CL and for a description of module specifications.
Keyword | value type | default value | Notes |
:pretty-name | string | print-name of system-name symbol | This name will be used for printing. |
:default-module-class | symbol identifying a class | ds:lisp-module | Predefined classes are:
|
:default-package | package object or string or symbol naming a package | The value of
*package* | Can be overridden for a module or module-group with the package option in the long module form. Also can be overridden during an operation with the package argument. |
:default-pathname | pathname object or string or symbol naming pathname | *default-pathname-defaults* | This pathname will be merged with the filenames of the modules of the system in order to find files. |
:default-file-type | string | depends on value of :default-module-class - see
notes at right. | Specifies file type (extension) for source files for modules
in system. If :default-module-class is ds:lisp-module, default is
value of
*source-file-types*;
if ds:text-module, default is nil; if ds:c-module, default is "c". |
:property-list | property list | nil | The value is added to the property list of the system. |
Table 1: options keywords and values | |||
The documentation is described in introduction.htm and the index is in index.htm.
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Created 2000.10.5.