----- Original Message -----
From: "Stefan Bodewig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 02:44
Subject: Re: [PROPOSE] task parameters that are only supplied when a
property is defined
> On Sat, 9 Mar 2002, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Sat, 9 Mar 2002, Darrell DeBoer wrote:
> >
> >> This is not *quite* true. If you use "$!{name}", ant will strip the
> >> "$", so you'll see "!{name}" as the value.
> >
> > That's strange.
>
> But has been that way ever since (which is why we cannot change it,
> there are lots of build files that contain Outer$$Inner for inner
> classes).
one option would be to fix the single $ behavior, but treat double $$ as
special, and make that a single $ too. So to get two $$ signs together you'd
need $$$$, as now...
> > I checked the manual and it doesn't say you have to double $$ ( or I
> > couldn't find that ), and $ is a valid character for an
> > attribute.
>
> It says it in a couple of hidden places - in javac.html for example,
> but not very prominently. Also there are a bunch of resolved bug
> reports that talk about this behavior. We need to fix the
> documentation.
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