>Does anyone else think this is a worthwhile feature? It buys you the same as >using make and mkdepend when you're coding in C/C++ (or when you use make >and jdeps for Java), but it also increases compile time. I could write this >in a few days, but I don't want to do that if it's not going to make it into >the Ant distribution, or if someone else is already working on it.
It is a desirable feature, no ones working on it at the moment but I believe there is already a few implementations of it (Conor has one IIRC). The problem is that dependency checking is really a task for compiler and some compilers (ie jikes) mostly take care of it. In other cases (< 800 files) it is faster to do a complete recompile than check dependencies ;) (if you use a nice compiler like jikes). I have plans to work on a cc task and will need it then and thus it will probably make it into abnt some how - it is a matter of determining the least expensive and most elegent way to do it thou ;) Make a proposal how you would do it and see how it is received ;) Cheers, Pete *------------------------------------------------------* | "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want | | to test a man's character, give him power." | | -Abraham Lincoln | *------------------------------------------------------*
