> This is ofcourse the best solution for the issue Jeroen brought up, but
that
> other users might still expect the possibility to use relational
operations
> on versions. Meaning:  should the following functions return a version
data
> type :
>
>     assembly::get-version(string)
>     file::get-file-version(string)
>     file::get-product-version(string)
>
> and we could then have the following functions in the version namespace :
>
>     version::get-major(version)
>     version::get-minor(version)
>     version::get-build(version)
>     version::get-revision(version)
>     version::to-string(version)
>     version::parse(string) or version::from-string(string)
>
> and support the same operators as supported by the System.Version.

Imagine this extension to NAnt function calls:

assembly::get-version('aaaa.dll')::major
assembly::get-version('aaaa.dll')::minor
assembly::get-version('aaaa.dll')::build
assembly::get-version('aaaa.dll')::revision

('.' as a member access operator cannot be used because it can be a part of
a valid identifier)

Same thing would work for functions that return datetime, timespan and other
structures.

datetime::now()::seconds
timespan::whatever()::totalseconds

In the future when we support typed properties, you'd be allowed to do it
even on properties:

<property name="zzz" type="datetime" value="${datetime::now()}" />
<echo message="${zzz::seconds}" />

What do you think?

Jarek



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