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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of 
> Gary Feldman
> Sent: donderdag 2 juni 2005 19:43
> To: nant-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Nant-users] Support for NUnit categories
> 
> Gert Driesen wrote:
> 
> >- Is it enough to be able to define the complete set of 
> categories globally
> >(meaning both the includes and excludes together), or do you 
> want to be able
> >to define the includes and excludes seperately ?
> >  
> >
> I think the whole approach is overengineered. 
> 
> It's one thing to use types that look like filesets for cases 
> where NAnt 
> can add value, specifically by parsing the string as a pattern and 
> searching directories with it.  But it's another thing to use 
> them, and 
> worse require them, for something that is nothing more than a string.
> 
> What's wrong with simply:
> 
>     <test ... include="category1,category2,category3" 
> exclude="category4,category5,category6" > ...</test>

1) The names of the attributes say nothing about categories
2) You cannot conditionally set/remove certain categories, without falling
back to ugly constructs.

Guess I just prefer more explicit (but therefore also more verbose)
definitions ...

> 
> If it's good enough for the NUnit command line, then it's good enough 
> for NAnt.  Obviously one can use existing functions with 
> properties to 
> get more power out of these.

I do intend to support a comma-separate lists of category names in the
<category> or <include>/<exclude> elements.

Thanks for the feedback !

Gert



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