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http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23942 Addition of a local property ------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2004-10-26 11:59 ------- This idea that everyone must know "ALL" the details about "ANY" software module that we refer to in our code, is a dead one in softwareland except for ANT. One of the keys of building reusable software is that I must be able to build backboxes and only know about relevant input/outputs. The other one, is to be able to compose modules toguether and then hide their communication details (blackbox it) and create a new module that way. Wehave not even scratched the surface on what can be done with ANTLIBS and macrodefs. To expect users to need to know about every usage or communication all the way down the stack makes for very bad reusability. This is an inherit problem in ANT at the moment, but one that we should try to solve, if we want ANTLIBS to be really successful. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
