As a new user to ant setting up build files for my first (large) project, one
thing I find very strange and counter-intuitive is the idea that you can't
over-ride the value of properties once they are set.
I have set up a project with some sub-projects that could be stand-alone, but
can also be a called from a "meta" build-file that builds all sub-projects.
If I have variables with the same name in the main build-file they will
over-ride the variable in the sub-build-file.
I find this to be counter-intuitive because it's exactly the opposite of the
way variable scope normally works-- normally "inner" declarations override
"outer" declarations.
Why does it work like this? Does it strike anybody else as strange?
thanks.
