Re: Changing a cl-defstruct definition in a published package

[Stefan Monnier]

>> I don't know what you're trying to do, but the only way is not to change
>> the object layout, and to guarantee that the value that the user
>> packages are looking for is indeed found there at the right time.  A
>> potentially horrible amount of hookage awaits you, but you could at
>> least also add your new feature/change and get rid of the hacks later.
>
> :(. I'm going to wait for a bit and hope that someone thinks of
> a clever workaround :) Is there a way to tell package.el to recompile
> another package, maybe?

I don't think I could come up with a clever workaround without knowing
the details (because the clever workaround will almost invariably
take advantage of some aspect of those details).


        Stefan