On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Conor MacNeill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

>> (4) Target scope - properties that are available only in the target
>> that defines them.
> 
> I would argue that we would still have an enclosing buildfile scope
> (populated by top-level tasks/types/blah).

I see problems with the statement in parens, as this implies you
couldn't set build file scoped properties from within targets - we
cannot make a restriction of that sort without getting toasted (and
rightly so).

> We need to define the scope of command-line properties. ie. (3) is
> still a hierarchy.

I'd say command line properties and properties passed into subbuilds
via nested <property> tags should have the nested scope of (1).

Stefan

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