On Mon, 2014-01-13 at 15:05 +0000, Dejan Lekic wrote: […] > I simply define version in my main module (module which contains > the main() function). I am planning to submit a DIP about > something that is related to this. - I think we really need a way > to specify version of package, and maybe even version of a module > (similar to how the new Java module system works - see project > Jigsaw). D does not offer this. I humbly believe it should be > part of the language as it could be used also for building > versions of dynamic libraries.
For the version number to be available to SCons it cannot be embedded in the D source code. (Unless I am missing some really useful trick. :-) > Anyway, back to the topic. > Say my main() function is in the org.dlang.myapp module. > If I want to have information about version of the artifact, my > myapp.d starts with the following two lines of D code: > module org.dlang.myapp; > version = 1_3_21_4; // major_minor_micro_qualifier Python uses a tuple: (<major>, <minor>, <bugfix>, <annotation>) which seems to work very well: it needs very little reprocessing to be used in most contexts. > Naturally, build tool looks for the version line when I need it. -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:russel.win...@ekiga.net 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: rus...@winder.org.uk London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder