On Jan 11, 2008 5:14 PM, Dominique Devienne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Jan 11, 2008 8:11 AM, Stefan Bodewig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Gilles Scokart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > I never thought to overwrite macro to customize a generic build > script. Can > > > macro be overwritten? > > > > Sure, it's just another Ant task that has been defined. > > But my point is that most of the time, you never want to override > things (macros or target), but augment them with some kind of pre or > post processing. Peo's point of simply copy-pasting the "abstract" > build code to fully override the target duplicates that code, and > makes build maintenance all the more difficult. That's the well known > issue with code generator and code wizards when it's done in a one-of > way. Copy-pasting a target content shows failure of the generic build > to be flexible, and should be the exception rather than the rule, and > actually frowned upon IMHO. --DD +1 Xavier > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Xavier Hanin - Independent Java Consultant http://xhab.blogspot.com/ http://ant.apache.org/ivy/ http://www.xoocode.org/
