At 06:25 20/6/00 -0400, you wrote: >I didn't mention it in my first mailing, but making the execution of a task >dependent only on the positioning of this task in the XML would mean that >init could be made to go away.
I am not sure I understand this exactly ... >If we decide to propagate this distinction, I would like to see some >difference, evident to the casual reader, between the two types. Example, >make the purely declarative tasks processing instructions, e.g.., ><?property?>. I am not 100% on the role of properties in the future. I read the archives and still don't grok it fully yet :> Just say we had <? set-property bob "someString" ?>. Would that then theoretically create a entity named bob that would expand to "someString". The only way for variables to exist in a buildfile would be through a <available /> tag ? Cheers, Pete *------------------------------------------------------* | "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want | | to test a man's character, give him power." | | -Abraham Lincoln | *------------------------------------------------------*
