Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact ant-user-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list ant-user@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 66112 invoked from network); 11 Jan 2001 13:31:15 -0000 Received: from mail.alphalink.com.au (203.24.205.7) by h31.sny.collab.net with SMTP; 11 Jan 2001 13:31:15 -0000 Received: from donalgar (d404-ps3-mel.alphalink.com.au [202.161.110.216]) by mail.alphalink.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id AAA01448; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 00:31:10 +1100 Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20010112002309.007f2cb0@alphalink.com.au> X-Sender: gdonald@alphalink.com.au X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 00:23:09 +1100 To: ant-user@jakarta.apache.org From: Peter Donald Subject: Re: Parameterized "task-function" Cc: ant-user@jakarta.apache.org In-Reply-To: <3A5DB2A8.25CCD25B@machturtle.com> References: <3A5C59E8.A938C0A9@machturtle.com> <3.0.6.32.20010111175418.009fb100@alphalink.com.au> <3.0.6.32.20010111224217.007e6af0@alphalink.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Spam-Rating: h31.sny.collab.net 1.6.2 0/1000/N At 08:18 11/1/01 -0500, David Corbin wrote: >Using this logic, we should all be riding around on stone wheels. When >a tool is hard to use, or has particular downsides, that's the perfect >time to reinvent it. Don't get me wrong. I'm all for standards, and >I'm all for using existing tools, but there is nothing wrong with >replacing a stone-hammer with a rubber mallet if that's what the job >calls for. In fact, I'd argue ANT wouldn't exist with the attitude you >presented here. Feel free to rewrite a simpler XSLT, write extensive documentation and document it then. It is free software community - if you want to reinvent the wheel you can. Personally I try to limit my reinvention to when it's needed thou YMMV. Cheers, Pete *-----------------------------------------------------* | "Faced with the choice between changing one's mind, | | and proving that there is no need to do so - almost | | everyone gets busy on the proof." | | - John Kenneth Galbraith | *-----------------------------------------------------*