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  Re: Odd version scheme Skip Montanaro <skip.montanaro@gmail.com> - 2015-02-12 11:19 -0600
    Re: Odd version scheme Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-02-13 14:10 +1100

#85595 — Re: Odd version scheme

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I believe this sort of lexicographical comparison wart is one of the
reasons the Python-dev gang decided that there would be no micro versions >
9. There are too many similar assumptions about version numbers out in the
real world.

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Skip Montanaro wrote:

> I believe this sort of lexicographical comparison wart is one of the
> reasons the Python-dev gang decided that there would be no micro versions
> > 9. There are too many similar assumptions about version numbers out in
> the real world.

Which is why there will be no Windows 9. Too many bad programmers that test
for Windows 95 or 98 by checking the version string and doing a prefix test
for "Windows 9".



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Steven

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