Could the workaround be to use a temporary define that is used to
redefine path?
<cb:define OuterPath="(Path)" />
<cb:Inner-Block Path="branches\$(OuterPath)" />
Or maybe this is evaluated too late and loops endlessly too.
On 28 sep, 16:47, Benjamin Baumann <[email protected]> wrote:
> Your analysis seems pretty sharp.
> The process do exit with a StackOverflowException.
>
> 2010/9/28 Jeremy Lew <[email protected]>
>
> > cb:scope is analogous to using curly braces in C# to explicitly scope
> > some code block:
> > {
> > }
>
> > There are several constructs in the preprocessor which create implicit
> > scopes as well, including a named block expansion (like <cb:Full-
> > Deploy-Block Path="..."/>), which is roughly equivalent to a method
> > call in C#, and needs a new stack frame (scope) for arguments and
> > local variable definitions, so that they supersede any previous
> > definitions of the same-named symbols.
>
> > That said, the 1.6 preprocessor detects Benjamin's example as a
> > cyclical definition (of Path) and throws an exception. I think 1.5
> > lacks cycle detection and will eventually cause a stack overflow if
> > you define a variable in terms of itself. The stack overflow would
> > cause the "hard crash" he described. I'll have to think about it some
> > more, but I believe that the rules governing symbol evaluation will
> > prevent this from ever working the way he intends, though at least in
> > 1.6 it now throws a proper exception.
>
> > On Sep 28, 3:48 am, OBones <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > AFAIK, it does not create a new scope unless cb:InnerBlock starts with
> > > a cb:scope element
>
> > > On 27 sep, 23:52, Jeremy Lew <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > That seems like a bug. Invoking cb:Inner-Block creates a new scope,
> > > > which should allow redefinition of symbols defined in the outer
> > > > scope. What version of CCNET are you using?
>
> > > > On Sep 27, 11:59 am, Benjamin Baumann <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > My Bad.
> > > > > I didn't understand the value was passed by default.
>
> > > > > There still is a little problem with the following code :
>
> > > > > <cb:define name="Full-Deploy-Block ">
> > > > > <project name="MyProject">
> > > > > <workingDirectory>..\branches\$(Path)\...</workingDirectory>
> > > > > <cb:svn-block svnpath="business/branches/$(Path)"/>
> > > > > <cb:Inner-Block Path="branches\$(Path)" />
> > > > > </project>
> > > > > </cb:define>
>
> > > > > <cb:Full-Deploy-Block Path="iphone" />
>
> > > > > It does not let me redefine Path in the InnerBlock (if I rename Path
> > it is
> > > > > OK). Have I forgotten something? By the way, the CC.net crash is
> > quite
> > > > > violent here : no warn, no error but a good old pop-up with Service
> > Closed.
>
> > > > > Thanks for your help OBones.
> > > > > Benjamin Baumann
>
> > > > > 2010/9/24 OBones <[email protected]>
>
> > > > > > Ok.
>
> > > > > > But why do you want to specify Target again.
> > > > > > Once it is defined for Full-Deploy-Block, it is defined for
> > anything
> > > > > > inside and after it. Notice the "after" because you did not define
> > > > > > your Full-Deploy-Block to be a scope.
>
> > > > > > On 24 sep, 14:47, Benjamin Baumann <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > > > No they are in the reverse order in the config file. I reverse it
> > to be
> > > > > > more
> > > > > > > readable in the email.
>
> > > > > > > 2010/9/24 OBones <[email protected]>
>
> > > > > > > > Are they in this order in your config file?
>
> > > > > > > > I would have thought you have to define the block before using
> > it for
> > > > > > > > this to work...
>
> > > > > > > > On 23 sep, 11:40, Benjamin Baumann <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > Hi all,
>
> > > > > > > > > I found an annoying bug/problem. I am using ccnet last stable
> > release
> > > > > > > > (1.5.
>
> > > > > > > > > Here is the case :
>
> > > > > > > > > <cb:Full-Deploy-Block Target="DEV" InnerPath="trunk" />
>
> > > > > > > > > <cb:define name="Full-Deploy-Block">
> > > > > > > > > <project name="Projet - $(Target)" >
> > > > > > > > > <workingDirectory>xxx</workingDirectory>
> > > > > > > > > <webURL>xxx/$(Target)/ViewProjectReport.aspx</webURL>
> > > > > > > > > <cb:Inner-Block Target="$(Target)" />
> > > > > > > > > </project>
> > > > > > > > > </cb:define>
>
> > > > > > > > > With this conf, the Inner-Block is given '$(Target)' instead
> > of DEV.
> > > > > > I
> > > > > > > > find
> > > > > > > > > a work around in renaming Target variable in Environment for
> > the
> > > > > > > > > Full-Deploy-Block but it's quite annoying. Am I doing
> > something wrong
> > > > > > or
> > > > > > > > is
> > > > > > > > > this a bug?
>
> > > > > > > > > With kind rewards,
> > > > > > > > > Benjamin Baumann- Hide quoted text -
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> > > > > - Show quoted text -
