Thanks Steve for explanation. JD -----Original Message----- From: Steve Loughran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 3:00 PM To: Ant Users List Subject: Re: Why ** instead of //
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dominique Devienne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Ant Users List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 14:22 Subject: RE: Why ** instead of // > Indeed, I noticed this as well when I discovered this XPATH notation, much > later after I learned about the Ant equivalent. I suspect Ant's notation was > around before XPATH (or at least before it became more widely known), I think xpath predates ant; msxml3 has xpath stuff in and that shipped in '99. here is a reason. xpath navigates round XML; ant round a file system. \\ or // can actually mean something in a file sys, usually (since Apollo first introduced the notion) a new machine. so //ranier/*.java means something very different from **/ranier/*.java -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
