On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 07:47:36PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 01:29:40AM +0200, Adeodato Simó wrote: > > * Michael Biebl [Fri, 11 Aug 2006 01:12:59 +0200]: > > > > > that "dpkg --compare-versions '0.09' '=' '0.9'" yields true, which I > > > think is rather odd, because it means that now all version numbers up to > > > 0.9 will be considered < 0.09+0.1. > > > > 0.09 = 0.9 means: > > > > 0 == 0 > > and > > . == . > > and > > 09 == 9 > > > > Which is pretty standard math. ;-) > > > Except that the final comparison ignores that the number was to the > right of the decimal, making the zero significant. I think you will be > hard pressed to find a mathematician who supports dropping significant > zeros for no good reason.
I'd imagine you'd be hard pressed to find a mathematician who knows what to do with a number that reads 0.0.9, either. That's why we're software developers, not mathematicians. Or, to put it another way: your numbers are not our numbers. <grin> - Matt
