At 01:48  11/1/01 -0500, Jason Rosenberg wrote:
>> B) eventually, I hope ANT will support an include.  When it does, I'll
>> want to be able to "pass arguments" for standard actions.
>> 
>> (That's just starters).  As was pointed out to me, ANT is a scripting
>> language.  I want function/procedures.   Is that so odd?
>> 
>
>Right on!   Be vocal about this, because the Ant powers that
>be don't seem interested in providing the needed functionality
>to do what you are asking.  I have been getting around it by
>using the <script> task and using javascript, etc.

Thats far from true. This type of functionality will likely be provided via
xslt.

Cheers,

Pete

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