--- Diane Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm not trying to re-open this debate, honestly, but > I just have to say > that I find it interesting that you think heading > towards something like > "configure" is desirable, just to avoid having a > test-for-value.
Since this debate pre-dates me, I'll be naive enough reopen it :-] When I see someone having to store boolean state information as nodes in a file system to get the behavior they need, I can't help but to wonder if there might be a better way. The fact that there are "if" and "unless" attributes leads me to believe that there is at least tacit support for conditional target execution. The foot has already passed through the door; why not enter the room? That being said, adding an equality operator is: 1) powerful, 2) simple to implement 3) clearly understandable 4) maintainable. It is certainly less hairy than scripting. > Personally, I find "configure" to be one of the > yuckiest mangled mess of > spaghetti-ed crud I've ever run into (and I've run My personal impression of "configure" is that it is the answer to incompatible compilers and disparate of make (the makefiles it generates are lowest common denominator). Does Ant really need this type of bandage yet? Simeon ===== Mustard Seed Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one Place. http://shopping.yahoo.com/
