On Wed, 8 Jul 1998, Yann Dirson wrote: > > > > Here is a new version compare function that takes into account the ~ > > feature. My tests were: > > > > # ver1 ver2 result > > # -ve = < +ve = > > > 1.1~pre 1.1 -1 > > 1.1~1pre 1.1~pre -1 > > 1.1~1pre 1.1 -1 > > 1.1~2 1.1~3 1 > > 1.foo~boo 1.fooboo -1 > > 1.foo~1boo 1.foo~boo -1 > [...] > > The exact syntax it expects is ~xx where xx is an optional digit string. ~ > > alone acts like a single character and compares less than any other > > character including eos. ~xx acts like a negative digit and compares as > > you would expect to other digits, ~xx also compares less than eos. > > Hm, it seems you give a "negative meaning" to the `~' char, as Giuliano P > Procida suggested, ie: > > 1.1~2 << 1.1~1 << 1.1
Yeah, I thought that's what was decided on. It's pretty simple to get the alternate meaning, perhaps I'll do that tonight. Jason -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
