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Task options could be delays, which are only forced when the task runs

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#450 opened on Apr 12, 2016

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Description

An example use case (see #432):

(task-options!
  push {:repo-map (delay (gpg-decrypt "/home/micha/.deploy-repos.clj.asc" :as :edn))})

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Research direction
Investigate how task options are currently evaluated in Boot and implement support for lazy evaluation using Clojure's delay, ensuring delays are forced only when the task runs.
Tech stack
clojure
Domain
build systemtooling
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Feature
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2
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Half day
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Clear
Prerequisites
ClojureBoot
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