Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-ant-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 27419 invoked from network); 23 Jun 2006 09:30:37 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 23 Jun 2006 09:30:37 -0000 Received: (qmail 2789 invoked by uid 500); 23 Jun 2006 09:30:35 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-ant-dev-archive@ant.apache.org Received: (qmail 2737 invoked by uid 500); 23 Jun 2006 09:30:35 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@ant.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "Ant Developers List" Reply-To: "Ant Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list dev@ant.apache.org Received: (qmail 2708 invoked by uid 99); 23 Jun 2006 09:30:34 -0000 Received: from asf.osuosl.org (HELO asf.osuosl.org) (140.211.166.49) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 23 Jun 2006 02:30:34 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (asf.osuosl.org: domain of foamdino@gmail.com designates 64.233.162.205 as permitted sender) Received: from [64.233.162.205] (HELO nz-out-0102.google.com) (64.233.162.205) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 23 Jun 2006 02:30:33 -0700 Received: by nz-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id n29so676604nzf for ; Fri, 23 Jun 2006 02:30:12 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:content-type:message-id:content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=J9Q0LQf0zU/zcfuMF63IiVpJRGUIsRlPwc6R/phBQ1Y6bCvcFuY5sLjfY+tMjEBeEaia1ql48zb+c+4Rpsstbo88004mKeprqZaxy8BAAXDzC/3NTmky4W7YRi3d8z03J6KtORhG/lcAsjti9SZKGe3oIR+fCLtAmejtOnz/QRQ= Received: by 10.36.220.10 with SMTP id s10mr3509742nzg; Fri, 23 Jun 2006 02:30:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.5.12? ( [58.186.58.170]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id 34sm4277483nza.2006.06.23.02.30.09; Fri, 23 Jun 2006 02:30:12 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v750) In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Kev Jackson Subject: Re: using multiple properties in the 'if' and 'unless' conditions Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:38:49 +0700 To: "Ant Developers List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.750) X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N On 23 Jun 2006, at 16:24, Riedel Thomas ((KSFD 121)) wrote: > r building, deploying and testing real large projects (>5 Mio LOC). > So our scripts became more and more complex workflow scripts > instead of simple Ant-scripts. > I do strongly believe that the simple change of more complex > (expression language like) if and unless statement would reduce the > size and increase the readability of our scripts by far! Don't macrodef/scriptdef and friends help out here? I mean it's possible to embed an entire scripting language (BeanShell etc) inside an Ant build file, do these not provide enough flexibility for what you need? Kev -- "In vain you tell me that Artificial Government is good, but that I fall out with the Abuse. The Thing! The Thing itself is the Abuse!" - Edmund Burke --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help@ant.apache.org