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Stefan Bodewig wrote:

> The problem is that <xmlproperty> is not allowed outside of targets in
> any released version of Ant.

Do properties have a confining scope in Ant build files (like variable 
scope)?  I have read that once a property is set, it is generally 
immutable (except for certain irregular conditions).  Does this mean the 
property is accessible from another target?


Erik