Mark H Weaver <m...@netris.org> skribis: > l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > >> John Darrington <j...@darrington.wattle.id.au> skribis: >> >>> How about something like (string-take-fields "1.22.3.04.5" 3) which would >>> return "1.22.3" >> >> Agreed. What ‘version-prefix’, with the optional argument defaulting >> to 2? > > I also like 'version-prefix', although I'd favor making it a required > argument. The improved code clarity is well worth two extra characters.
OK, let’s do that. Ian: could you post an updated patch? Thanks, Ludo’.