Re: [nant-dev] Dependency checking in tasks

2002-06-18 Thread Kevin Dente
I can't really speak in general, but for the link task specifically, I'm actually working on adding in dependency checks right now (cl task also). The C++ stuff isn't quite as evolved as the other compiler tasks at the moment. --- John Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm curious - why aren't the

[nant-dev] Dependency checking in tasks

2002-06-18 Thread John Lam
I'm curious - why aren't there more dependency checks in tasks? For example, the link task could check the timestamp of the output file against the list of input files and avoid running the linker altogether if the output file is more recent than any of the inputs. If this is the case, would it m

[nant-dev] PropertySet

2002-06-18 Thread Tomas Restrepo
Hi all! While talking to John Lam earlier tonight, it occurred to me that something like a FileSet, but that deals with properties would be very useful. Something like a "PropertySet", if you will. Basically, the idea would be to have nested elements, like filesets, that defined properties/argum

[nant-dev] TaskDef gone?

2002-06-18 Thread Tomas Restrepo
Hi Guys, I've notice that the TaskDef task source file is no longer on the nant sourcetree. From the comments, it seems it was removed alongside of the tasks that went to nantcontrib, but, naturally, TaskDef is not there either. What's up with that? If it was meant to be fully deprecated, and no