see inline.
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Jimmy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Loughran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Ant Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: Can ant do this?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jimmy Han" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Ant Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 1:52 PM
> Subject: Re: Can ant do this?
>
> > I expect ant to be better than make and will replace make.
>
> > However I found a few features that ant is missing.
> >
> > <foreach> is one.
> > <property name="distdir" value="common/classes common/lib ... lib" />
> >
> > <foreach list="${distdir}" param="dir">
> > <mkdir dir="${catalina.dist}/${dir}"/>
> > <copy todir="${catalina.dist}/${dir}">
> > <fileset dir="${catalina.build}/${dir}"/>
> > </copy>
> > </foreach>
> >
>
> Consensus is that we need some kind of list operators, but it probably wont
> be a foreach. SQL doesnt use foreach to work on stuff, ant shouldnt need it
> either if it has the right datatypes and operations.
>
I don't care it should be <foreach> or something else. What I
care is that my job has become more tedious without that.
>
> > Another is the ability of recursive property resolution. For example
> >
> > ${${project}.build}
> >
> > IMHO, for a large dev project with many loosely coupled sub-projects,
> > these features are really necessary.
>
> no, that is ugly ugly. Would you do it in java? Or would you use arrays
> instead?
>
> The standard tactic today is to load in a properties file based on the sub
> projects name, that sets the properties inside
>
I don't understand why that is ugly. Of cause we can live
without that. But our life will be easier with that.
It is very common that we have many sub-projects that have
the same build tasks except that they use different directories
that are related to the base directory. If ant can do
${${project}.name}, then they can use the same build.xml.
The only change is the project name. Isn't that a nice thing?
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