--- Drew Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want to specify a single value [...] that can then have other > properties construct property names and evaluate them [...] Hence > recusively defined variables.
The ant-contrib <propertycopy> task is what you're looking for. Source is available from Sourceforge, or I can send you a jar that has all the ant-contrib tasks already compiled. > Also, as to the original thread, I think that the fact that a property > is undefined should be usable (as it is currently with the if= and > unless=) and that the value should always expand to nothing when > referenced. While that might look prettier in your <echo> example, I'm not sure it wouldn't have the potential for some disastrous backfires. (The fact that I can't think of a how at the moment doesn't mean there couldn't be -- just means I'm not feeling all that imaginative :) In any case, you can always test all your critical properties for being set before referencing any of them, and bail if any of them aren't. Diane ===== ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for Easter, Passover http://greetings.yahoo.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
