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Posted to user@ant.apache.org by Gary Shea <sh...@gtsdesign.com> on 2001/08/23 18:45:40 UTC
manual request: evaluation order within
I have a small suggestion for the manual. I was unable to find
mention of evaluation order for the child elements of the <project>
element.
My problem was with <taskdef> -- I didn't realize that a taskdef
anywhere in the file would actually be evaluated before any <target>
if it was not contained in a target. Just now, while re-reading the
manual to see if I missed evaluation-order information, I saw the
<path> element which can appear as a direct child of of <project>.
Evaluation order is critical if ${...} substitutions are being used.
It might be useful to have a short paragraph near the top of "Using
Ant" defining evaluation order. I would write it, but I don't know
enough about how evaluation works. Sorry...
I'm really impressed by the growth of Ant. It's getting more useful
all the time!
Thanks,
Gary