On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 6:23 AM, CheeYang Chau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I do run the macrodef in parallel using parallel task. Do you think
> using var task will work ?
There are lots of tasks that are *not* safe with using in the <parallel> task
and <var> is one of them.
If possible do not use <parallel>
Peter
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>
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> On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 2:15 PM, Olivier Gies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I recommend using the <var ..> task from ant-contrib. You can se it to
> > unset properties in macrodefs, like this:
> >
> > <var name="myvalue" unset="true" />
> >
> > BR,
> > Olivier
> >
> >
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: Having problem using property to in macrodef if invoke for more
> > than one time
> >
> >
> > From: CheeYang Chau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: user@ant.apache.org
> > Date: 27/03/2008 13:52
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I love the macrodef task. However, it has a weakness. We must be very
> > > careful if using property within the macrodef. I face problem with a
> > > macrodef that is more complicated than the following example. I have
> > > to use dirname and condition in my macrodef, but it cause problem if I
> > > invoke macrodef for more than one time as the property has been set
> > > for the first time. Here is an example that trying to replay the
> > > situation I face:
> > >
> > > <macrodef name="a">
> > > <attribute name="module"/>
> > > <sequential>
> > > <property name="myvalue" value="@{module}"/>
> > > <echo>${myvalue}</echo>
> > > </sequential>
> > > </macrodef>
> > >
> > > <target name="build">
> > > <a module="venus"/>
> > > <a module="mars"/>
> > > </target>
> > >
> > > I expect the output should be
> > >
> > > [echo] venus
> > > [echo] mars
> > >
> > > but it turn out:
> > >
> > > [echo] venus
> > > [echo] venus
> > >
> > > I think this is a common issue using macrodef and there are some
> > > temporary solution to pass a temporary property name to the macrodef.
> > > This is not feasible in my situation as I need to pass more than 5 to
> > > 10 properties to my macrodef.
> > >
> > > Some other solution is using local property but I couldn't find this
> > > task. I am using ANT 1.7.0.
> > >
> > > Any solution? Please advice. Thank you very much.
> > >
> >
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