Stefan,
Will Ant2 also include lazy instantiation of <path> elements?? This would be
quite helpful, particularly in certain boot-strapping situations.
Thanks,
-- Chris
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stefan Bodewig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 5:03 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: criticism: property handling (here: no overwrite)
>
>
> Kai Bartels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Are there plans to weaken this rule in the next release of Ant?
> > Maybe by inventing a 'overrule="true"' for the property task. Or
> > maybe by allowing lazy evaluation (lazy="true") for properties.
>
> All property resolution will be lazy in Ant2, so your problem should
> be solved there - and yes, there will be a built-in way to reassign
> the value of a property (you can already do that in Ant 1.x, but have
> to use a script or a custom task to do so).
>
> Stefan
>
