Peter Donald wrote:
>
> 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
The fundamental problem in this solution (and I see the same thing with
XML on the web), is you now have to specify two documents. the xml file
and the XSLT file. Besides, xslt is real nasty to read and write...
>
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