From: Mark Hubbart <discord@...>
Date: 2004-04-25T05:11:13+09:00
Subject: Re: find a best version (of a package)


On Apr 24, 2004, at 12:01 PM, saiph wrote:

>
> i found very good your advices!
>
> <- snip ->
> inject{|a,b| a.newer?(b) ? b : a }
> <- snip ->
>
> it s, i think, inject{|a,b| a.newer?(b) ? a : b }

Ahh, yes :) #newer? is a bit ambiguous, and I got mixed up as to 
whether (a.newer? b == true) meant that a was newer or b was :)

Actually, I'd prefer a compare here, a modified version of <=> that 
takes numbers into account. That would remove nay ambiguity.

cheers,
--Mark

>
>
> tnx again.
>
> -- 
>> here are more things in heaven and earth,
> horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
>