At 01:07 PM 6/3/01 +0100, Jose Alberto Fernandez wrote: >Not to be picky, but I suggest we try to keep some similarity with ANT1 name >usages if at all possible, so that we do not shock users too much: ><taskdef>, <typedef>, etc.
users have never had to deal with descriptors before except via default.properties so I don't see that as of high enough importance atm. >I would like to have the same syntax (whatever that is) for antlib.xml and >for loose declarations in the buildfile itself. There is no reason to >confuse people more than necessary ;-) I don't see any need as the <*def ../> have a lot more attributes that are relvent when defining tasks in build file but are not relvent in descriptor. >With that in mind, we need to make allowance for declaring <classpath> on >the <task(def)> declaration, so I can compile and use a loose task in one >go. I presume simmilar requirements apply to others. -1 Leave it to standard mechanisms (or slightly enhanced standard mechanisms) to do this. Cheers, Pete *-----------------------------------------------------* | "Faced with the choice between changing one's mind, | | and proving that there is no need to do so - almost | | everyone gets busy on the proof." | | - John Kenneth Galbraith | *-----------------------------------------------------*
