On Fri, 2 Nov 2001 09:12, Tim Dawson wrote: > Another issue that was raised that I don't quite understand is that > supposedly preprocess/validation requires top-level tasks. I mean, wouldn't > it be possible to just execute the init target, and then validate all the > other targets? this is effectively what happens if you have top level > tasks.
Then you would need to a) restrict the possible tasks inside init to just those required (which doesn't include all those property/available/etc) which most people would not find useful b) make thse constructs tasks which would require tight coupling between runtime and tasks which would unduly restrict future evolution c) not intuitive - imagine you had to search through a java file for an init method and inside that was located all the java import statements. -- Cheers, Pete -------------------------------------------------- Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise. -------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
