On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Peter Reilly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I meant that the core - conditions, filters, mappers can be in
> separate namespaces, but that these could still be in ant.jar, one
> can have multiple antlib.xml 's in ant.jar.

Wouldn't that break backwards compatibility?

<condition>
  <or>

wouldn't work anymore as <or> would now live in a namespace different
from <condition>.

> Having a ant-javah.jar, ant-javac.jar ... would seem to be a bit
> excessive.

Agreed.

> - However I assume you mean that some of the core tasks/types could
> be in logical separate jars.

Some middle ground.  Grouping related tasks into one jar, but having
no single task or type left in ant.jar.  I understand that this is
exactly the opposite of what you prefer.

> My current feeling is that restricted types/roles are not necessary,
> one can use namespaces to distingish condition <or> from selector
> <or>.

But only if they are not in the same namespace.  They are now, or
would be if they were defined as types.

Stefan

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