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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David,
This has never been supported by NAnt. What has changed in recent nightly
builds, is that NAnt now reports unknown elements and attributes. Previous
versions of NAnt did not have this capability.
Gert
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