> >>If macrodef attribute are to be implements as substitutions, what > >>should be the notation? (where x is the attribute name) > >> > > > > [ ] as ${x} (look like ant properties) confusion with 'real' > > properties > > [ ] as $(x) to close to A > > [ ] as @x I miss the brackets > > [ ] as ${attribute:x} too long > > [X] as @{x} ok, close to > A but seeable > > different > > [ ] some thing else nothing in my > mind to that > > Has someone ruled out $${x}? Or does that conflict with > using $$ as some kind of escape sequence for $?
Thatīs a part of "some thing else" :-) But you will confound that with escaping sequence of properties. Jan