From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2003-11-25T18:07:12+09:00
Subject: Re: raise unless RUBY_VERSION[%r/^\s*\d+\.\d+/o].to_f >= 1.8


"T. Onoma" <transami@runbox.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:200311250002.09555.transami@runbox.com...
> On Tuesday 25 November 2003 08:07 am, daz wrote:
> > RUBY_VERSION = "1.8.1"
> > p  RUBY_VERSION >= "1.8"  #-> true
> > RUBY_VERSION = "1.10.1"
> > p  RUBY_VERSION >= "1.8"  #-> false
> >
> > .... but MINOR 10 would upset RUBY_VERSION_CODE (in version.h)
> > which, incidentally, would be a useful global (eventually).
> >
> > It might take the pressure off Matz if 1.9 didn't have to be
> > followed by 2.0 tho' :-)
> >
> > > unless someone can think of a reason not to - i'll take it!
> >
> > Um, because it's crufty (looks like we can't tell the difference
> > between Numeric and String sorting sequence - even though I've
> > seen it used a lot in Ruby).
>
> Any one think Ruby needs a Tuple class?

It's already there: Array.

    robert