| -----Original Message----- | From: boost-bounces@lists.boost.org | [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Rene Rivera | Sent: 24 November 2005 16:06 | To: boost@lists.boost.org | Subject: Re: [boost] Full MS compiler version info? | | Paul A Bristow wrote: | > Indeed - but I didn't see the MS BUILD number - needed to | distinguish | > between 8.0 beta 1, 2, 2.5 ... and final(s). Microsoft | have ideas on | > version numbering which seem dotty to me, but they have ... | | There's a comment about the number of digits for each part of the | version number: "Some more thinking on the version number... I think | it's relatively safe to set it at 2/2/5. That covers MSVC | which has the | large patch numbers. And covers CW, and others, which are up | to and past | 10 for the major number." The intent, as it's not explicit since the | MSVC define is not there yet, is that the patch number for | MSVC will be | the build number. So in your previous example the version would be | 8.0.50215. This sounds just the job! (until the build counter gets to 100000!) Paul -- Paul A Bristow Prizet Farmhouse, Kendal, Cumbria UK LA8 8AB Phone and SMS text +44 1539 561830, Mobile and SMS text +44 7714 330204 mailto: pbristow@hetp.u-net.com www.hetp.u-net.com