Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-ant-dev-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 19041 invoked from network); 12 Mar 2002 17:34:06 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO nagoya.betaversion.org) (192.18.49.131) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 12 Mar 2002 17:34:06 -0000 Received: (qmail 19802 invoked by uid 97); 12 Mar 2002 17:33:45 -0000 Delivered-To: qmlist-jakarta-archive-ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 19738 invoked by uid 97); 12 Mar 2002 17:33:44 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ant-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "Ant Developers List" Reply-To: "Ant Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 19665 invoked from network); 12 Mar 2002 17:33:43 -0000 Message-ID: <013301c1c9ec$489a4860$b81c570f@cv.hp.com> From: "Steve Loughran" To: "Ant Developers List" References: Subject: Re: [PROPOSE] task parameters that are only supplied when a property is defined Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 09:35:18 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stefan Bodewig" To: Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 02:44 Subject: Re: [PROPOSE] task parameters that are only supplied when a property is defined > On Sat, 9 Mar 2002, wrote: > > On Sat, 9 Mar 2002, Darrell DeBoer wrote: > > > >> This is not *quite* true. If you use "$!{name}", ant will strip the > >> "$", so you'll see "!{name}" as the value. > > > > That's strange. > > But has been that way ever since (which is why we cannot change it, > there are lots of build files that contain Outer$$Inner for inner > classes). one option would be to fix the single $ behavior, but treat double $$ as special, and make that a single $ too. So to get two $$ signs together you'd need $$$$, as now... > > I checked the manual and it doesn't say you have to double $$ ( or I > > couldn't find that ), and $ is a valid character for an > > attribute. > > It says it in a couple of hidden places - in javac.html for example, > but not very prominently. Also there are a bunch of resolved bug > reports that talk about this behavior. We need to fix the > documentation. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: For additional commands, e-mail: