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From: Rene Rivera (grafik666_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-02-26 11:01:21


[2003-02-26] Vladimir Prus wrote:

>Rene Rivera wrote:
>
>> And another from V1, which I'm not sure still applies, is the <template>
>> functionality. In fact that's the reason I added the modifier concept in
>> the first place to V1.
>
><template> was in my todo notes for some time, but I'm now not sure it's
easy
>to add and reasonable. For one thing, composite features can be used for
>adding a group of requirements. Further, project requirements / default
build
>attributes reduce the need for <template>.

Yes, that's why I thought it might not be relevant functionality anymore.

>Lastly, you can't implement in
>with the modifiers. Both requirements and default build are handled at the
>main-target/basic-target level, which is above generators.

This might be something to consider adding modifier support for. That is
finding a way to call a modifier at that initial stage.

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