Matt Benson wrote: > Even though "It makes build files clearer, easier to > understand, and remove the need for having so many > (private) targets with dependencies between them as a > direct consequence of the current only built-in scheme > to do conditional execution.", do these benefits not > amount to a convenience? Like electric lights... I > could wait until morning and go outside to be able to > see things, or I could turn on the light if only it is > provided to me. The light is much more convenient, > but other ways exist to see things! Similarly, <if> > does not provide anything from a functional > perspective that cannot be accomplished some other way > in Ant (I don't think). >
You could probably argue that Ant itself is just a convenience :-) Conor -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
