Re: RCS tags

Colin Viebrock wrote: > > > Definitely better than version, since file revision numbers often > > have nothing > > to do with actual versions. One other point, though: making this a class > > variable makes it useless for static classes (there's no way to > > get at it). > > Maybe a standardized constant, instead (CLASS_NAME_REVISION_ID, or some > > such...)? > > What about a standard method? > > function _get_rcs_id() { > return '$Id$'; > } I think a constant named after the file is best, it's the solution with the lowest overhead. And after all, it is the version of the _file_ we are talking about here. Examples: define('DB_RCSID', '$Id$'); define('DB_MYSQL_RCSID', '$Id$'); define('NET_SMTP_RCSID', '$Id$'); Constant naming: constant=`echo $filename | tr a-z A-Z | sed -e 's/\.PHP$//' -e 's/[^A-Z0-9]/_/g'`_RCSID - Stig