At 08:58 26/4/01 +0200, Stefan Bodewig wrote:
>> * Integration of the depends task and javac tasks
>
>Why, what's wrong with invoking two tasks in sequence?
The original requester complained that it should be built in as they should
almost always be used together. I kinda agree that UI wise it is a good
thing...
>I don't need to mention, that recompiling everything using jikes would
>be faster than doing an extensive dependency check, as Pete will do
>that 8-)
but you hit the nail on the head - for jikes it is not something you want
to do ;) So it needs to be optional.
>> * recursive property resolution( ie resolving ${dist.${name}.dir} )
>
>Could I have a use case for this please - something real worldish, that
>you cannot (conveniently) solve be something other than that?
I use the pattern all the way through my Makefiles to implement "generic
targets". Ie you define a whole lot of properties like
code.red.src=...
code.red.lib=...
code.blue.src=...
code.blue.lib=...
then re "call" the target setting value of color to red and use properties
via
${code.${color}.src}=...
${code.${color}.lib}=...
This can be got around in ant by placing properties in an init-properties
target rather than at top level of build file and then using ant-call etc.
Cheers,
Pete
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