on 7/26/00 1:20 PM, Ken Liu at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> That's an interesting point that you subtly make. A <property> looks like a
> task and feels like a task, but it really isn't one. The <property> "task"
> is the only task that changes the state of the ant system, right? That may
> (or may not) be confusing to a user...
Why sound it feel like a task -- it should be one level higher than a task.
<project>
<help/> (!)
<property/>
<property/>
<target>
<task/>
<task/>
</target>
</project>
>
> Ken
>
>
>> had a fixed value, constructed from the value build.dir had when this
>> task (if you want to call <property> a task) was executed.
>>
>> Stefan
>>
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