[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> For exactly people like you, I added a scripting task. Here's an example I
> posted previously as a demonstration of the virtually limitless power of
> such a construct:
>
> <project name="squares" default="main" basedir=".">
>
> <target name="setup">
>
> <script language="javascript"> <![CDATA[
>
> for (i=1; i<=10; i++) {
> echo = squares.createTask("echo");
> main.addTask(echo);
> echo.setMessage(i*i);
> }
>
> ]]> </script>
>
> </target>
>
> <target name="main" depends="setup" />
>
> </project>
>
> The point of this exercise is that I firmly believe that Ant should not
> create yet another procedural language, but allow you to use whatever
> language you already prefer. Local variables, loops, affecting the overall
> flow of execution the build - all these things are possible.
>
> - Sam Ruby
Sam,
Thanks, I saw that reply coming. :-) I can actually accomplish most things
similarly with XSLT now (ahem, *declaratively* ;-) ), but this approach has
quite a bit of power, too.
I don't want to see Ant become a procedural language, either. My whole point -
lest I be misunderstood here - is only that I ALSO get scared hearing things
like "declarative at all costs!"
roger
