> From: Stefan Bodewig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Thu, 22 Jul 2004, Jose Alberto Fernandez > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > As per if/unless itself, I really would like to explore > more what some > > people have suggested about having a richer language than just > > set/unset. > > PropertyHelper? > > IOW, I think we already have the infrastructure needed to do > that in Ant's core.
Yeap. Still, do if/unless get property expanded (do not remember anymore). What nice syntaxes are out there for a PropertyHelper? (does it has to become core?) Can we make antlibs play nice? I still will like to address those questions ... For example, if property expansion is ON, the current code expects as the result of the expansion the name of a property (to check if set or not). So how does that work for expression evaluation? Does the expression must evaluate to a "property-name" that is guaranteed to exists/non-exists? Some sort of ANT constants? That may be too much of a hack. Maybe we need something different and change what if/unless does. But it may not be feasible due to BC. So, PropertyHelper in not the end of the story, but it is a good beginning. ;-) Jose Alberto --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
