On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, Peter Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have no problem with top level tasks and I have never said I did > as far as I recall.
You do, because saying > <project> > <target name="main"> > <echo>Hello world</echo> > </target> > </project> is cleaner than <project> <echo>Hello world</echo> </project> says <echo> should be inside a <target>. And the question whether we allow build files without any targets at all really boils down to my two (extreme, granted) examples. > I can claim that > > <project> > <target name="main"> > <echo>Hello world</echo> > </target> > </project> > > is cleaner, clearer, easier to understand I don't think it easier to understand. I imediately agree it makes learning Ant's target concept easier, once you've written the above. > ... yada yada. I was citing you 8-) > Where I don't think targetless build files do the same. They don't. But they are appropriate for cases that don't need to be modularized at all (and will never be). Stefan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
