> Currently a build.xml with > > <project> > <import file="build.xml"/> > </project> > > will print a warning "Skipped already imported file build.xml" and end > as a successful build after executing the import once. > > I feel this is wrong for two reasons: > > (1) The current build file (the one intially loaded) should be added > to the list of already imported files implicitly so it doesn't get > loaded twice at all.
sounds good > (2) circular imports look like a bug to me - the build should fail. > > I understand that unrelated imports should be handled gracefully, > i.e. if A imports B and C and B and C both import D, this is OK. But > a circular import is different from that to me. > > Stefan Yes. I think that implies an error while writing the buildfile. So a fail would give that hint. Jan
