From: "Steve Loughran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From the ant 2 guidelines > > >* add an attribute to <property> to read in an entire file as the > > value of a property. > > > > [will need more discussion because of vote by Peter Donald] > > > > [REJECTED - veto by Peter Donald] > > Peter, do you remember why you rejected this? Was it the principle of the > thing, or just yet more <property> overloading that was niggling you? > > If it was a principle thing then my little <loadfile> addition needs to be > stared hard at before it makes it to a shipping build. Personally I find it > powerful and handy, but that could be bias.
Steve: Peter had actually proposed a syntax similar to <loadfile> when he rejected this request. He had named it <file-property> See http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=ant-dev&m=98521828326148&w=2 > > -steve Cheers, Magesh -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
