[ruby-core:28171] Re: RCR: RUBY_VERSION_INT

Roger Pack:

> The gotcha (for me) was

> if RUBY_VERSION > '1.8'
>  # 1.9 stuff
> end

Ah, this makes more sense =E2=80=93 as in, the more I think about it, the m=
ore
I have a cognitive dissonance. :) On one hand it=E2=80=99s obvious for me t=
hat
'1.8.7' is larger than '1.8' and so Ruby=E2=80=99s Sting#<=3D> works as exp=
ected
for RUBY_VERSION numbers; on the other, I can see now how =E2=80=98larger t=
han
'1.8'=E2=80=99 can be seen as an equivalent to =E2=80=98larger or equal to =
'1.9'=E2=80=99.

Still, you wouldn=E2=80=99t make the question go away with switching from
Strings to Version objects; you=E2=80=99d still have to address whether
1.8.7 > 1.8 is true or not (and now I can=E2=80=99t say for sure which is
PoLS in my book, but I=E2=80=99m still kind of biased towards it being true=
).

=E2=80=94 Shot
--=20
It=E2=80=99s not hard, it=E2=80=99s just asking for a visit by the fuckup f=
airy.
                                                [Peter da Silva]