I donīt see the need for such an attribute. And if introduced it should work not only from commandline. It should work too, if invoked by other java applications.
Jan > -----Original Message----- > From: Gus Heck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 5:58 PM > To: Ant Developers List > Subject: Re: AW: DO NOT REPLY [Bug 23397] - Need attribute for target > tag to indicate hidden/internal target > > > In fact I would be even more interested to hear the opinons of both > commiters and non-commiters :). > > -Gus > > Gus Heck wrote: > > > Antoine Levy-Lambert wrote: > > > >> What you would like would be useful to prevent the "wrong" > targets from > >> being called. But I wonder whether this change would not make ant > >> unnecessary complex. > >> > >> > > The default (atribute omitted) state should behave as > always. This is > > necessary for back compatability, and to keep the learning > curve from > > getting too steep. The import task gives me the same sort of worry > > about complexity, but I keep reiminding myself... You don't have to > > use it if you don't want it ;). So at least from the user > side, there > > is no obligatory complexity increase. The addition of > another atribute > > in the documentation for target would be the only brain drain :)... > > > > As for the development side, it may lead to increased > complexity if we > > add access modifiers with more complex meanings. As it is > now, however > > the only meaning of public/private is "do we reject it when invoked > > from the command line" and the only time we need to check that is > > already included in the patch. > > > > I too would be interested to hear what other commiters think. > > > > - Gus > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
