Hi, Yes, I agree. Sometimes the exceptions I have gotten are useful and other times they are not and I have to guess at the problem. Hopefully that will be addressed in a new version of beanshell.
re delayed compile: I would think of this as a nice to have feature and not a necessity. Thanks, Michael > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Reilly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 4:27 AM > To: Ant Developers List > Subject: Re: BeanShellDef - java.lang.LinkageError: duplicate class > definition: AList > > > Michael Sunde wrote: > > >Hi, > > > > > >Since we know the name of the task that is being created, is > it possible to delay the compilation of the beanshelldef code > until it is used, to improve startup performance? > > > > > This sounds like a good idea, however one problem with > beanshelldef is > that if there > is anything wrong with the definition, the exception produced is > extremely un-informative, > delaying the compilation would make things worse. > > Peter > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]