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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