Ian
I'm posting this proposal here because I initially conceived this idea in the context of my ideal build/development process.
I am proposing a standard file format (XML) that contains "tasks" and the file and line number associated with that task. As an example, see the "Code Comments" filter in the VS.Net IDE. This standard format would then be supported by the major IDE vendors to make our lives easier.
An example of how I see this fitting into Nant would be to create an additional task that would extract code comments (I might even suggest adding it as an additional flag for the csc task to avoid the need to specify the file list twice, unless Nant has the ability to define a filegroup in a reusable manner). That task would produce the task list file which could be loaded into your favourite IDE and then simply double-click on each task to be taken to the source location (it would be up to the IDE to keep track of line additions/removals to keep the line numbers in sync).
Anyway, what do people think? (feel free to contact me off-line at [EMAIL PROTECTED]). How would I go about getting IDE vendors to start supporting this sort of thing?
Colin
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