In the ideal world, I would like to be able to use either elements or attributes, as the mood takes me. Failing that, I would prefer the power of elements.
Remember, ant build files will eventually be constructed with a GUI, hiding the complexity from the non-technical types that just want the simple stuff.
Of course, that's just me. :-)
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| Peter Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
23/11/2000 14:44
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: From attributes to elements and other concerns |
Hi,
I just received a number of complaints/concerns about latest ant direction
from a number of relatively non-technical people (and as such I am not sure
if they are valid complaints). As ant has evolved there has been a tendency
to reduce the number of attributes in a task and increase the number of
elements. So parameters are gradually going from "include" attributes to
"include" elements. I was told that this is increasing difficult for
average users. While I tend to agree that it increases difficulty I think
it is a fair enough tradeoff for added power in general. It does increase
the learning curve a little but ...
Not sure - what does everyone else think ? Is it desirable to continue the
trend or not ? I would say tentatively that it is a desirable thing to
elementize tasks.
Cheers,
Pete
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