On Fri, 22 Jun 2001 16:33, Stefan Bodewig wrote: > Peter Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 21 Jun 2001 16:06, Stefan Bodewig wrote: > >> Peter Vogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > Anyway, should I resubmit the patch so that it only expands > >> > depend? > >> > >> and modifies the documentation for target in > >> docs/manual/using.html. I'm going to commit it unless I see a -1 > >> by somebody else. > > > > I haven't followed this closely but from what I get it is expansion > > of proeprties in target/project attributes? If so I -1'ed it last > > time it came up ;) > > It is a limited expansion of properties in some target attributes > (depends and description, nothing else) - this expansion happens at > parse time. > > So it is a little bit different from the proposal you have vetoed back > then, and I think it addresses your concerns (if not, please restate > them 8-).
My main concerns was that this would allow dependency tree to be modified. This I -1'ed because it is "scripting" and not something that ant should be doing. This is essentially a hack to get around the lack of templating in ant. I know there is a need for something like this and are willing to allow it as a stop-gap measure on the condition that it does not imply it will be present in Ant2 (as I will definetly -1 it then ;-] ). Cheers, Pete *-----------------------------------------------------* | "Faced with the choice between changing one's mind, | | and proving that there is no need to do so - almost | | everyone gets busy on the proof." | | - John Kenneth Galbraith | *-----------------------------------------------------*
