David E. Wheeler wrote: > On Jan 27, 2009, at 3:57 PM, Michael G Schwern wrote: > >> A while ago, Audrey suggested inverting the process. Rather than >> having a >> program that spits out meta-data, have meta-data which might contain >> programs. > > You mean like Ant? Not sure about that…
Yes. Ant is a good idea if it weren't for the painfully cramped, wordy and inconvenient syntax. To give you an idea, I once translated the Ant example into YAML. Look at the original here to refresh your memory: http://ant.apache.org/manual/using.html#example And now in YAML: name: MyProject default: dist basedir: . description: simple example build file # set global properties for this build properties: src: { location: src/ } build: { location: build/ } dist: { location: dist/ } targets: init: actions: - tstamp - mkdir: { dir: '${build}' } compile: depends: init description: compile the source actions: # Compile the java code from ${src} into ${build} - javac: { srcdir: "${src}", destdir: "${build}" } dist: depends: compile description: generate the distribution actions: # Create the distribution directory - mkdir: { dir: '${dist}/lib/' } # Put everything in ${build} into MyProject-${DSTAMP}.jar - jar: jarfile: '${dist}/lib/MyProject-${DSTAMP}.jar' basedir: '${build}' clean: description: clean up actions: # Delete the ${build} and ${dist} directory trees delete: - { dir: '${build}' } - { dir: '${dist}' } -- 101. I am not allowed to mount a bayonet on a crew-served weapon. -- The 213 Things Skippy Is No Longer Allowed To Do In The U.S. Army http://skippyslist.com/list/
