Oh jeez, here we go again. -- Jeffrey E. Care ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) WebSphere v7 Release Engineer WebSphere Build Tooling Lead (Project Mantis)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 01/18/2006 07:23:37 AM: > DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL, BUT PLEASE POST YOUR BUG· > RELATED COMMENTS THROUGH THE WEB INTERFACE AVAILABLE AT > <http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38308>. > ANY REPLY MADE TO THIS MESSAGE WILL NOT BE COLLECTED AND· > INSERTED IN THE BUG DATABASE. > > http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38308 > > Summary: Properties are immutable > Product: Ant > Version: 1.6.5 > Platform: All > OS/Version: All > Status: NEW > Severity: enhancement > Priority: P2 > Component: Core tasks > AssignedTo: dev@ant.apache.org > ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > The properties should not be immutable. > > The "property" task and other tasks that set properties should support > a "overwrite" attribute with a default of "false". > > Sample usage: > > <property name="list-target" value="clean" overwrite="true" /> > > IMHO the current behaviour causes more problems than benefits. > > I'm writing ANT scripts since 2004, and I still can't "get used", to this > extremely annoying behaviour. > > Just imagine how quickly the Java programming language would become > extinct if > the variables would become immutable after initialization. > > -- > Configure bugmail: http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/userprefs.cgi?tab=email > ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- > You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
