From: "Peter Donald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Again - treating targets as methods is not and nor will ever be -
> > > recomended or supported behaviour.
> >
> > From the buildfile for ANT:
> >
> > <target name="main"
> > description="--> creates a minimum distribution in ./dist">
> > <antcall inheritAll="false" target="dist-lite"/>
> > </target>
>
> And tell me - how many times have the committers stated that they hate this?
> or that this is an ugly hack ?
>
I have not heard anyone. In particular given the fact that the above line
could have been rewritten as:
<target name="main" depends="dist-lite"
description="--> creates a minimum distribution in ./dist" />
8-)
> > The truth of the matter is that <ant> and <antcall> are method calls
> > or (procedure calls, strictly speaking).
> > They pass arguments (by value), they create a new environment in
> > the stack, they execute "code", and the environment is released at
> > the end. And more to the point, people use it that way.
> >
> > I do not see how you plan to unsupport its ussage.
>
> yes ... and you do it by choice.
The point of the matter is that eventhough the above situation may be rewritten
to avoid an <antcall> there are plenty of sitiations where <antcall> is
completely
valid. And where <antcall> is the more efficient and clear way to express what
is required on a build.
Jose Alberto
