On 2008-11-11, Dominique Devienne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 5:21 AM, Stefan Bodewig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> after I've added include I'm not too sure about its name. What we >> call "import" is called "extends" by EasyAnt and our "include" is >> EasyAnt's "use".
> First, it's a good description of the consequences of the current and > enhanced code Stefan. Thanks. > But (there had to be one): I'm glad there is one. > 1) <include> to me means that the target itself can't be overriden, > while you describe that it's its dependency list that cannot be > changed. Technically the including build file could define a target with the used prefix and still override any target. We can certainly rewrite the docs to also say you can't override targets unless you try hard to defeat include - in which case you should use import. > To again make a Java analogy, an included target is like a > non-virtual template method pattern delegating the different steps > to virtual methods, aka the targets listed as dependencies. The > target is thus final in its definition, cannot be overridden, but > what it depends on is not "hard-wired" to given targets. This again > mirrors XSLT, where included templates cannot be overriden by names, > but when they call apply-templates or call-template, "virtual > dispatch" is in effect. This is not true for our include task, the different steps are non-virtual as well. > 2) You demonstrate the behavior by calling prefixed targets from the > command line, which sends the wrong message. No problem, I can easily add a dummy target that depends on the prefixed target to the imporitn/including files and use that. > PS: back to your description, if we'd put more emphasis on the > different uses of the two, rather than the low level consequences, it > would be more user oriented. Trouble is, given the behavior described, > I wouldn't know how to spell out these uses... 8-) That's been my problem as well. Stefan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
