--- Peter Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 05:11 22/3/01 -0800, Simeon Fitch wrote: > >> * unify the namespace of all data types (ie properties + filesets + > >> patternset + filtersets). > > > >-0 (I'd like to hear (or reread archive) discussion on rationale. What > >types of constraints does this impose down the road. Will the namespace > >bloat?) > > Basically to ease end user reading build file. For instance now it is > possible to have both a FileSet and a property named "project.classpath" > which users found confusing. When the number of datatypes is increased > (ie > filtersets, cullsets, packagesets, whateversets) this could lead to N > different namespaces for named values. > > IMNSHO it would be better to have 1 namespace as that is what is most > cognitively accessible. It is why most (all?) artificial languages (ie > programming langs) don't allow the same name to refer to N different > things > depending on context.
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