On 10/31/00 6:09 AM, "Simeon Fitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Actually, I'd like to implement a mini parser that
>> just knew Ant's
>> particular syntax and remove the need to depend on
>> external libs.
> <snip>
>> Ok -- maybe that's a bit over the top.. But it's a
>> thought.
>
> I think the real argument for this is speed. If it
> will make loading and running Ant faster I think it
> should be considered. My builds with Ant are still
> much slower than they were with make.
I'm not sure speed differences would be appreciable. Maybe so -- maybe the
overhead of loading 2-3 classes (which is what a hand built parser would
require) rather than all of the classes in a generic parser would be
noticeable. Maybe not.
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James Duncan Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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