Re: nested mkdir tasks

2007-12-19 Thread Jeffrey E Care
I'm having trouble envisioning a use case were nested declarations are more valuable or intuitive than the existing methodology that others have already pointed out. Can you enlighten us as to situations where you found a nested approach to be more desirable than the standard methodology, besid

Re: nested mkdir tasks

2007-12-19 Thread Matt Benson
--- Tony Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matt Benson wrote: > > Why not simply > > > > > > > > > > ? > > > > -Matt > > > > That works fine. But in certain situations I've > really wanted to be > able to nest them. > > It seems intuitive to nest them; XML is > hierarchical, as are > d

Re: nested mkdir tasks

2007-12-19 Thread Tony Rogers
Matt Benson wrote: > Why not simply > > > > > ? > > -Matt > That works fine. But in certain situations I've really wanted to be able to nest them. It seems intuitive to nest them; XML is hierarchical, as are directories. Why not mirror the hierarchy? -- Tony

Re: nested mkdir tasks

2007-12-19 Thread Matt Benson
--- Tony Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just out of curiosity, has there been any work done > towards making the > task nest-able? > > For example: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Which would create: > > > --- + dir > | - subdir > | + another_subdir