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On 10 November 2010 13:15, Philippe Lhoste <PhiLho@gmx.net> wrote:
> On 10/11/2010 05:56, Wesley Smith wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 4:34 AM, Miles Bader<miles@gnu.org>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Nick Gammon<nick@gammon.com.au>  writes:
>>>>>
>>>>> Returns a string with the running version of LPeg.

>>>> This is inconclusive about how to compare versions.
>
> Use common sense? (And tradition.)
>
>> No matter the format, it could be spelled out at least:
>>
>> Returns a string with the running version of LPeg for the form
>> "major.minor"
>
> It won't hurt to be precise, indeed. There is a strong tradition, but we all
> know exceptions to it... :-)
>

Just to note... this is why I always use version numbers of the form
x.y.z in my projects. It clarifies to most people that it is a version
string, and not a decimal number.

Matthew