#14384: Support version number literals.
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Reporter: robertwb | Owner: jason
Type: enhancement | Status: needs_work
Priority: major | Milestone: sage-5.9
Component: misc | Resolution:
Keywords: | Work issues:
Report Upstream: N/A | Reviewers: David Roe
Authors: Robert Bradshaw | Merged in:
Dependencies: | Stopgaps:
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Comment (by leif):
Replying to [comment:16 roed]:
> I don't think we should mark it as won't-fix yet. Let's see what Robert
says about Jeroen's suggestions first.
I don't think it makes sense to support software version numbers (i.e.,
literals of that type) as a "native" type in a CAS; nobody will mind
adding a ''class'' for versions, its constructor(s) taking a string (or
probably also a float) argument, but this ticket is (currently) about the
former.
Prepending a "v" could perhaps be a compromise, avoiding trouble (i.e.,
ambiguities) with floating-point literals, but I personally wouldn't like
it either.
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