[BUILDR-174] Remove use of File.exist? in definition phase

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Auto Closed
• Affects Version/s: 1.3.2
• Fix Version/s: Wish List
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Ittay Dror
• Created: 16/Oct/08 13:21
• Updated: 20/May/16 07:24
• Resolved: 20/May/16 07:24

Description

By 'definition phase' I mean the time from loading the build file until top_level is called.

Currently, several extensions call File.exist? during the definition phase. In Windows, this call is quite slow and adds 1 second to the launch (my buildfile is quite large though). It would be nice if these calls are deferred to when the tasks are actually called.