Thanks to Peter and Chris.  Option B looks good to me
as well... this can also be called beta1 behavior,
which is less error-prone/confusing with macrodef
elements, for one thing.  Incidentally I'd probably
use the first example more often than not.

-Matt

--- Christopher Lenz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Matt Benson wrote:
> > --- peter reilly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> >>For example:
> >>
> >><project
> xmlns:antcontrib="antlib:net.sf.antcontrib"
> >>         xmlns:acme="antlib:org.acme.anttasks">
> >>  <target name="show">
> >>    <antcontrib:if>
> >>        <antcontrib:or>
> >>        <antcontrib:equals arg1="yes"
> arg2="${prop}"/>
> >>            <acme:fileready file="${file}"/>
> >>        </antcontrib:or>
> >>        <antcontrib:then>
> >>           <echo>The arguments are equal</echo>
> >>        </antcontrib:then>
> >>    </antcontrib:if>
> >>  </target>
> >></project>
> > 
> > Okay, how about redoing the same example with:
> > 
> >     <antcontrib:if
> xmlns="antlib:net.sf.antcontrib">
> > ...
> >     </antcontrib:if>
> > 
> > or will that syntax be available at all?
> 
> That should be:
> 
>    <if xmlns="antlib:net.sf.antcontrib">
>      ...
>    </if>
> 
> because the prefix mapping applies to the element it
> is defined on, in 
> addition to all child elements (as long as not
> overridden).
> 
> If you want child elements from the Ant core
> namespace, you'd need to map 
> that to a prefix, so the complete example would look
> like this:
> 
> <project xmlns:acme="antlib:org.acme.anttasks">
>    <target name="show">
>      <if xmlns="antlib:net.sf.antcontrib"
>          xmlns:ant="antlib:org.apache.tools.ant">
>          <or>
>           <equals arg1="yes" arg2="${prop}"/>
>              <acme:fileready file="${file}"/>
>          </or>
>          <then>
>             <ant:echo>The arguments are
> equal</ant:echo>
>          </then>
>      </if>
>    </target>
> </project>
> 
> Of course using a shorter prefix like 'ac' instead
> of 'antcontrib' also 
> helps to reduce verbosity ;-)
> 
> BTW, my non-binding +1 to option b).
> 
> -chris
> 
> 
>
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