Hi, FWIW, I approve generally of this feature and was soon going to start working on something similar, only I had intended to support regex matching. I'm not quite sure when I will be able to get back to work on Ant, but I need the feature so rest assured it will get in there at some point.
Matt On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 7:04 AM, Vimil Saju <vimils...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I like this feature. I have been using the local task multiple times in my > targets to name properties, this enhancement will make my build scripts much > more cleaner. > > > ________________________________ > From: Ralf <rks-...@gmx.de> > To: dev@ant.apache.org > Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2012 1:59 AM > Subject: Promotion: Bugzilla 53723 - [Patch] Local task: local by prefix, all > local, New: global task > > Hello, > > about a month ago I added an enhancement request with patch to ant bugzilla. > As there were no feedback on bugzilla, I thought I start a little promotion. > > The patch adds some functionality to the local task: > > <!-- foo is a local property - like today --> > <local name="foo" /> > > <!-- All properties with the prefix "local." are local --> > <local prefix="local" /> > > <!-- all properties are local --> > <local/> > > > Additionally the new task "global" was added to be able to export a > property from a scope if all other properties are defined local. > > <!-- all properties are local ... --> > <local/> > <!-- ... except the property gFoo --> > <global name="gFoo" /> > > > Most important for me (and hopfully others) are the addition to the > local task (local-by-prefiy and all-local). The global tasks seems > like a logical implication to me. > > Please have a look at the description for Bugzilla 53723 and the patch. > It would be great if this enhancement would be included into ant. > > Regards, > Ralf > > PS: https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53723 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@ant.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@ant.apache.org
