> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Donald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Well my main concern with your proposal that blocks me from supporting it
> is how you handle
>
> <echo message="Interpret ${this} at runtime" />
I handle it by determining the value of ${this} *at* runtime, when that task
is invoked, and without the use of proxies. Please explain what the
shortcomings of this approach are.
> The easiest way that has been suggested is via the use of proxies. The
> "everything is a task" approach gets exceeding complex and looses all it's
> intrinsic simplicity if proxies are used (see Ant1.x for an example). Thus
> I can't see any benefit unless you can think of a way other than proxies
> that the above can be done.
I have never advocated the use of proxies. I see them as heavy and
unnecessary for the benefits they bring.
jim
