Re: overriding references

2003-11-03 Thread Stefan Bodewig
On Fri, 31 Oct 2003, Matt Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What's the rationale for why references can be > overridden? This seems to contrast sharply with the > treatment of properties. I'm not sure I'll get all historical details right without browsing through my archives, but let me try:

overriding references

2003-10-31 Thread Matt Benson
I have a few questions: What's the rationale for why references can be overridden? This seems to contrast sharply with the treatment of properties. With , are the contents inserted "conceptually in-line" in the build file? I ask this because when I declare that contains a particular reference,