Russ Allbery dijo [Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 12:05:21PM -0800]: > >> @@ -2713,7 +2713,15 @@ > >> which may be empty) are compared lexically. If a difference > >> is found it is returned. The lexical comparison is a > >> comparison of ASCII values modified so that all the letters > >> - sort earlier than all the non-letters. > >> + sort earlier than all the non-letters and so that a tilde > >> + sorts before anything, even the end of a part. For example, > >> + the following parts are in sorted order: <tt>~~</tt>, > >> + <tt>~~a</tt>, <tt>~</tt>, the empty part, > > > So, is the greatest version number at the beginning or at the end of > > that sorted list? Yes, this is clear from context, but IMO an example > > should be more explicit. > > How about if I make that "in sorted order from earliest to latest"?
Maybe making it a bit more graphical: 1.0~~ < 1.0~~a < 1.0~ < 1.0 Greetings, -- Gunnar Wolf - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (+52-55)5623-0154 / 1451-2244 PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 Fingerprint: 0C79 D2D1 2C4E 9CE4 5973 F800 D80E F35A 8BB5 27AF -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
