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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 16:58:39 -0800 (PST)
From: Diane Holt <holtdl@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: How can I have Ant replace unset properties as just empty string
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--- Drew Davidson <drew@eblox.com> wrote:
> What I'm wondering is why it echos ${foo} when foo is undefined as in
> 
> <echo>foo = ${foo}</echo>
> 
> Which, if foo is undefined echos
> 
> foo = ${foo}
> 
> I don't see what problem this solves as opposed to the output
> 
> foo =

foo could be set to "", so echoing ${foo} is the only way to truly show
it's not set at all.

Diane

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