Listmail <lists@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: >>> Yeah yeah, but terminology aside, having 2 or three digits in each >>> attribute is just wrong! >> >> Terminology aside, why? The unit is "8.1" not "8" and "1". It makes no >> sense to say you're on version 8, in the given context, so why should the >> XML data pretend there is? >> >> //Magnus > > Just pretend that : > > - version = a tuple of integers (a, b, c, ...) > - major = (a, b) > - minor = (c, ...) > > Besides, that is sortable (unlike strings where 15 < 2) : But then, floats are as sortable as integers and 8.3 < 15.1... -- Jorge Godoy <jgodoy@xxxxxxxxx>
