>>>>> "DV" == Dino Valente <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
DV> Another quick question: have there been any thought towards DV> looping through a list to perform common actions. There have been. The general line is "don't make Ant a second make/Perl/(insert your favorite Moloch that started well thought and became what it is by adding features over features)". We agree that Ant should not become a programming language whose syntax looks like XML - quite the opposite. In your build files explain what to do and in the tasks decide how to do it. Use as little logic in Ant's core as possible and make the tasks as smart as they can get. In the particular case of loops Carlos Pita (I hope you haven't turned away already, Carlos) has proposed something he called NestingTasks (search in the archive if you are interested). His ideas would need a modification of Ant's core. I'm still not sure if I like the idea and don't know what the other commiters think (of his proposal that is, while I think I know their opinions on loops in general). Oh and yes, you can have loops, just write a task to do the loop. You can even write that task in your favorite scripting language using the <script> task - it just might take a little research to find out how. I know this might not be /that/ convenient. Stefan
