At 20:17 24/02/2002 +1100, Peter Donald wrote:
I would just warn when any character not in the set
a-z A-Z 0-9 . - _
Maybe drop the '.' so names ar emore consistent with defacto xml naming conventions.
By all means restrict the valid set of characters for target names, but please don't leave out a set of useful "separator" style characters like these:
. - :
In order to maintain control over the large number of targets I often need in build files (especially since the "Ant Way" seems to require a larger number of smaller targets instead of the reverse) I use a naming convention of a "base name" followed by suffix sections. This gives target names like this:
Base.build.11001 Base.src.11001 Delphi.application Delphi.application.gui Delphi.application.console Delphi.package
This makes sense to me because the "Delphi.application.gui" and "Delphi.application.console" targets are a part of "Delphi.application" - so the reuse of dot notation in the style of Java/Delphi seems clear.
My 2c, Bevan.
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