Comment 4 for bug 861004

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Nick Levine (ndl) wrote : Re: [Bug 861004] Re: DEFCLASS fails to signal an ERROR when inheriting from T.

> Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 12:12:34 -0000
> From: Christophe Rhodes <email address hidden>
>
> I worked a bit on this. I didn't really like the separation between
> implementation (able to perform magic subclassing) and user (not
> able to), so I've gone a different way, by defining a new
> SYSTEM-CLASS metaclass as an interposing superclass of
> BUILT-IN-CLASS. I think this meets the requirements, though it does
> somewhat make a mockery of the "easy" tag. Comments?

Only "sorry for taking a month to reply". Anyway I see you submitted
your fix now.

If I ever have time to remind myself what and how SBCL is, and if
nobody else got there first, I'll take a look at 1184325.

- nick