Damn you Peter, you beat me to the punch! On 1 February 2011 14:41, Peter Reilly <peter.kitt.rei...@gmail.com> wrote: > : and = and ' ' are used to separate the key from value in java property > files. > so, not a good thing to use in property values. > > Peter > > > On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 2:37 PM, Vimil Saju <vimils...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> you're nuts, don't use : in property names! :P >> >> --- On Tue, 2/1/11, Steele, Richard <r...@steelezone.net> wrote: >> >>> From: Steele, Richard <r...@steelezone.net> >>> Subject: Wisdom of using ":" in property name >>> To: user@ant.apache.org >>> Date: Tuesday, February 1, 2011, 5:53 AM >>> For better or for worse, I'm using >>> ":" as a separator character in my >>> property names as part of a set of reusable build >>> files. The part before >>> the ":" indicates which build file the property is defined >>> in. >>> >>> I've come across at least one incompatibility doing this, >>> however, and that >>> is with the Bundlor tool (from SpringSource) for generating >>> OSGi manifests. >>> The issue appears to be that Bundlor uses the ":" character >>> for its own >>> purposes and is getting confused by my property naming >>> convention. I'm >>> faced with several choices: >>> >>> 1. Use something other than Bundlor, like bnd. >>> 2. Work around or patch Bundlor to make it work with my >>> property naming >>> convention. >>> 3. Use some other naming convention (or none at all). >>> >>> None of these choices are all that appealing, but if the >>> Ant community says >>> something like "you're nuts, don't use : in property names" >>> that will >>> obviously push me towards #3. >>> >>> (If you're curious, I chose ":" both because the obvious >>> choice of "." >>> wasn't distinct enough from many built-in property names, >>> and because I also >>> use ":" in my target names.) >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Rich >>> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org > >
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