Merrill Cornish wrote:
Jim,
How would this differ from using XML comments in the build
files?
Clumsiness, or lack thereof.
XML comments are verbose and stand on a level with the elements they
are supposed to be commenting on. Therefore, it's not always clear
who they apply to.
Personally, there's
Title: RE: [Nant-users] Properties Descriptions
Merrill,
/* ... */ and // ... style comments cannot be pinned to a language element any more than a style comment can. I think it is generally accepted that comments precede the thing that they describe.
Having said that, I suppose the
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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 09:43:38 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
Jim,
>>> How would this differ from using XML comme
other issues unless this is a seriously low-hanging fruit fix.
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Jim,
>>> How would this differ from using XML comments in the build files?
Clumsiness, or lack thereof.
or
versus
XML comments are verbose and stand on a level with the elements they are supposed to
be commenting on. Therefore, it's not always clear who they
2004 10:05 AM
To: Gert Driesen; Shaber,David; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Nant-users] Properties Descriptions
Gert,
>>> [property descriptions] has never been supported by NAnt ... NAnt now reports
>>> unknown elements and attributes.
Perhaps NAnt could allow, but ig
Gert,
>>> [property descriptions] has never been supported by NAnt ... NAnt now reports
>>> unknown elements and attributes.
Perhaps NAnt could allow, but ignore, a "comment" attribute on all tasks.
Merrill
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Subject: [Nant-users] Properties Descriptions
Hello,
I am looking at converting my build files from .84 to .85 when the new
version releases. I was experimenting with a recent version of the
nightly code and noticed that pr
Hello,
I am looking at converting my build files from .84 to .85
when the new version releases. I was experimenting with a recent version of the
nightly code and noticed that properties can no longer have descriptions.
This worked on .84 and I was wondering if this can be added
bac
