Re: [nant-dev] NAntTask nested properties (was NAntTask Patch)

[Stefan B. <bo...@bo...>]

On Fri, 28 Jun 2002, Mark Griffiths <ma...@ch...> wrote:

> I tried a simple test case with Ant to determine if 3 is consistent,
> and it differs in that Ant allows even "user" properties to be
> overridden by a nested property element.

Which version of Ant?  1.5beta3 has finally gotten it right (in Ant's
sense) - at least unless I've coded up yet another bug. 8-)

Gotten right means that command line properties always win and nested
properties of <ant> win over the <property>s of the called build file.

> Unless anyone can think of concrete reasons why Ant's way of doing
> things is bad, I feel we should mimick Ant on this issue.

I think one difference between Ant and NAnt you should consider is
that in Ant *all* properties are read-only, even those defined via
<property> in your build file.

Stefan