On Tue, 17 Apr 2001 20:29:21 +1000, Conor MacNeill wrote: >From: "Stefan Bodewig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> The stuff that didn't get enough - or negative - votes in the first >> pass. >> ... >> >> >> * add an attribute to <property> to read in an entire file as the >> >> value of a property. >> >> Peter Donald wrote: >> >> > -1. One thing I would like to see is property/available and other >similar >> > tasks simplified by not overiding the tasks. Instead new tasks like >> > >> > <file-property ... /> >> > <data-property ... /> >> > <load-properties ... /> >> > >Not sure why this would be preferable. >
If we support sub-types (and we should) then adding these is easy. Whatever crazy property type someone needs for their weird project is easy to add - for them. And no one else even needs to know it happened. d
