On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 7:23 PM, Gilles Scokart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm -1 to rename ivy:settings into ivy:loadsettings. If you realy > want something like that, then it would be better to go back to the > ivy:configure (and I would be -0.5). > > The reason I think ivy:settings should be a data-type (or look like a > data type) is because every ant task are "standalone". I don't know > any example of 2 tasks that should be executed one after the other, > while it is usual to have an ant task depending on a pre-declared > datatype. First, if we really want to have all Ivy tasks stateless, we should change resolve too. The problem is exactly the same between resolve and any post resolve task as it is between settings and any other task. Second, I see an example of tasks somewhat depending on one another: taskdef and any task declared by the taskdef. So I think loading settings with a task is consistent with resolving dependencies with a task, and I think it's the only way we have to actually load the settings when the user wants. If datatype were not lazily initialized I think I'd be in favour of using a datatype. But with the current facts I'm not. Xavier > > An other way to say that is that every tasks are "stateless". The > only exceptions is the properties task, which for me look like a data > declaration. > > That's why Ant is a declarative langage, and not a procedural langage. > I consider ivy:configure "command" as a procedural command and not a > declarative one. > > Now, I agree that the declarative aproach leas to some issues. One of > them is that the datatype are curently always processed lazily (the > first time they are used) and thus the errors are also reported > lazily, which make the debuging more complex. > > Anyway, even if I like the suggestion of Dominique (the user that > don't want to put a settingsRef should use ivy:configure in BC mode), > it has a drawback. If the user forget to put its settingsRef, he will > not receive any error message, the code will run with the default > settings, even if an other settings is defined. This lead to problem > difficult to debug. > > Gilles > > > On 29/03/2008, Xavier Hanin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 11:50 PM, Dominique Devienne < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Maarten Coene < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > Can't we just deprecate the "id" attribute on the settings task and > use > > > the settingsId attribute instead? > > > > > > id is handled by Ant itself, in the core. I don't think you can > deprecate > > > it. > > > > > > I think we would deprecate the usage we do of id, not really the > attribute > > itself. And I don't think we even really need to deprecate it, the > usage of > > id like it is used today has been introduced in 2.0 alphas and betas, > so > > with no guarantee that it won't change. > > > > > > > > > > And that doesn't change the fact that <settings> should be a datatype > > > rather than a task. --DD > > > > > > I'm still not sure if settings "should" be a datatype. Maybe the name > makes > > thinks it should be a datatype. If we call it loadsettings instead, I > think > > it still make sense to make it a task. Exactly as resolve is a task, > and > > allow with resolveId to set the id of the resolve report it generates > and is > > later used by other tasks like retrieve. Making resolve a datatype > would > > really not make any sense IMO, since what people expect when calling is > > actually to resolve dependencies. We can consider it's the same thing > with > > settings/loadsettings. It's kind of similar to the property task when > you > > use the file attribute: it loads a property file and sets a set of > > properties. It has a side effect for other tasks, but it's still a > task, not > > a datatype. > > > > So maybe renaming settings in loadsettings and renaming id in > settingsId > > would be a pretty good solution for 2.0: it give us the opportunity to > later > > add a settings datatype, which loadsettings is only responsible for > loading. > > And we don't have the 'id' bad usage anymore. > > > > WDYT? > > > > > > 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/ > > > > > -- > Gilles Scokart > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/
