Erik Hatcher wrote:
> Agreed.... thats why I'm bringing this up.
>
> But if we let <tstamp> change properties, then why not <available> and
> <condition>?
>
> If we let everything change properties then we might as all
> be writing our
> build scripts in Perl! :)
>
> Property immutability is what makes Ant powerful - I'm just
> not sure where
> to draw the line. And apparently this isn't a black & white issue.
The particular case of using <tstamp> to time builds is probably better
handled by a listener. Extending, say, the XML logger to put a timestamp
against each message would be fairly easy.
Even using <tstamp>, you could still achieve the same effect with immutable
properties simply by using a different property each time.
Robert.
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