Rob Stewart <stewart@sig.com> writes:
From: David Abrahams <dave@boost-consulting.com>
Edward Diener <eddielee@tropicsoft.com> writes:
Okay, I understand what you're driving at. I'm not sure if going down this road is worth the trouble, but if it is, I'd rather see a standard system for referring to versions numerically. So, for example:
Version Value ------- ----- 6.0 060000 6.0sp5 060005 7.0 070000 7.1 070100 5.3.4 050304 3.4.3 030403 2.95.3 029503
You probably need to allow another digit for each field. 95 is awfully close to rolling over to three digits.
Well, the only compiler that's ever approached that number is GCC, and they are recommending 2-digit fields. I don't think numbers over 20 will come up -- to say nothing of numbers over 99! -- in the forseeable future. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com