Converting Strings to GStrings to get evaluation.

[Russel Winder-4]

In the ~/.gradle/gradle.properties file there are lines such as:

        gradle_installPath = /${user.home}/lib/JavaPackages/gradle-trunk

but when the Gradle script is executed the value is returned as a String
not an expanded GString.  What is the canonical way in Gradle to get an
evaluation so as to interpret as a GString?

Thanks.

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[Russel Winder-4]

On Tue, 2009-10-06 at 08:25 +0100, Russel Winder wrote:
> In the ~/.gradle/gradle.properties file there are lines such as:
>
>         gradle_installPath = /${user.home}/lib/JavaPackages/gradle-trunk
>
> but when the Gradle script is executed the value is returned as a String
> not an expanded GString.  What is the canonical way in Gradle to get an
> evaluation so as to interpret as a GString?
>
> Thanks.

OK, I think I just sussed this out.  This is not a GString, it is a
String.  Expansion of the variables is an Ant thing, using this form in
the Gradle build relies of the AntBuilder being the executor of the
copying in the Gradle install.

I think this may mean that the code in the build.gradle file does not do
what people might think it does since the variable is not expanded at
the time of executing the Groovy code so all file activity is being
undertaken on the uninterpreted string.

I guess I should turn this into a bug report.
 
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