Re: common issue with version_compare()

On 21 Jul, 2012, at 2:22 PM, Kris Craig <kris.craig@gmail.com> wrote: >> 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. Because 01 is just a padded version of 1, probably used to make it easier for regular string comparisons (until you reach major version 10). > >> 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 >>>