Could we move away for the "C" cryptic naming conventions, please? The main user community here comes from Java, I think. I do not think we need regress to "C" (8 chars limitation on names).
:-) Jose Alberto > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 08 September 2003 06:17 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [SUBMIT] optional task <propertyformatter> > > > > > First thought on that topic is a kind of printf > > > <printf property="" refids="" format=""/> > > > where > > > property takes the name of the new created property > > > refids takes a list of (:,;) separated names of > properties > > > format takes the format string like in printf > > > > > > That would be much more powerful than these predefined formats. > > > > > > > I like that idea, but still think offering a simpler task > > that has some > > predefined formats is a good thing. I can't count the times I > > got a sprintf > > format wrong, or had to sit there and play a while till I got > > what I wanted. > > Even after reading the docs for sprintf. > > > > -- Larry > > > Ok, an additional attribute <sprint ... preformat=""/> could > do that. Advantage would be to have the same task. > > > Jan > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]