Re: common issue with version_compare()
| From: | Kris Craig | Date: | Sat, 21 Jul 2012 06:22:33 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: common issue with version_compare() | ||
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> 1.01 eq 1.1
Could you explain this one to me? In every versioning system I've ever
used, 1.1 would be greater than 1.01, not equal.
> On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Stas Malyshev <smalyshev@sugarcrm.com
>wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > >> For example, I was not the only one who found it odd that "1.0" is
> > >> considered less than "1.0.0" - wouldn't it make sense to
> > >> "pad" the
> > shortest
> > >> version-number with zeroes? e.g. "1.0" if compared against
> > >> "1.0.0"
> > would be
> > >> padded with zeroes at the end, e.g. as "1.0.0".
> >
> > 1.0.0 and 1.0 are different things. If you want to make a comparison
> > that takes into account only two components, you can just cut them both
> > to two components, then compare.
> > --
> > Stanislav Malyshev, Software Architect
> > SugarCRM: http://www.sugarcrm.com/
> > (408)454-6900 ext. 227
> >