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From: Dominique Devienne <DDevienne@lgc.com>
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Subject: RE: if/unless/depends on macrodefs
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 09:17:26 -0600 
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> From: Stirling, Scott [mailto:scott.stirling@workscape.com] 
> > From: David Corbin [mailto:dcorbin@users.sourceforge.net]
> > It would be really neat if I could use the if/unless on macrodefs.
> 
> Yes.  I was thinking the same thing yesterday.  Peter 
> Reilly's email looks exactly like how it should work from a 
> user perspective.

Although I don't disagree (I code up if/unless/ifTrue
/unlessTrue/os/osFamily built-in conditions in all my custom
tasks, and many nested elements), why would macrodef support
if/unless globally, and not all tasks? Which was refused by
commiters, just because they don't see the value of it.

Some people also keep arguing than using <if> is better than
if/unless. I think otherwise. Nothing changes, so no if/unless.

This has been going on for months... --DD

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