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doc doesn't mention properties are immutable

[EMAIL PROTECTED] changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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                URL|                            |http://jakarta.apache.org/an
                   |                            |t/manual/using.html#properti
                   |                            |es
           Severity|Enhancement                 |Normal
             Status|RESOLVED                    |REOPENED
         Resolution|WONTFIX                     |
            Summary|should error when condition |doc doesn't mention
                   |attempts to set property    |properties are immutable
                   |that has previously been set|



------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED]  2002-10-15 19:18 -------
I understand now.

The "ant way" is to break backwards compatibility, make build files very hard
to debug, and insist that a "design" is correct even in the face of obvious
flaws.  I understand that the value of immutability for hierarchical systems,
but you've missed a subtlety.

Also..by "parser"... I meant ant's use of the "parser".  
It should be just 10 lines of code or so to use JDOM or some other xml parser
to determine if there are conflicting condition/property tags inside a task.
Really really easy.  

FYI... the documentation page doesn't appear to mention anything about
properties being immutable, either.  So at worst, this is a harmful
documentation error.  I've changed the summary and reopened.  Don't you just
love me yet?

http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/manual/using.html#properties

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