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Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 21:44:43 +0100
From: "Remie Bolte" <remie@backbase.com>
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Thanks for the input!

I found a different way to deal with the problem, without hacks :)
Sometimes it is useful not to be able to find a solution, it allows you to
look back a couple of steps.

However, I do still have the question why double expanding is not
implemented. Is there a conceptual issue, are there strong arguments not to
implement it, or is it just hard to do?

Cheers,

Remie

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 9:32 PM, Gilbert Rebhan <ant@schillbaer.de> wrote:

> Jan.Materne@rzf.fin-nrw.de schrieb:
> >> I saw the FAQ, but the workaround deals with making a new
> >> property, which is
> >> not something that is desirable in my situation.
> >> Is there a reason that double expanding is not implemented?
> >
> > There is an implementation in the sandbox bundled as an AntLib.
> > You could give it try:
> >
> >
> > Root
> > http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ant/sandbox/antlibs/props/trunk/
> >
> > Doc
> > http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ant/sandbox/antlibs/props/trunk/docs/index.
> > html?view=co
>
> There's also a hack via <var> task from antcontrib, see =
> http://marc.info/?l=ant-user&m=121318477419672&w=2
>
> Regards, Gilbert
>
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