> On Dec 27, 2014, at 8:35 PM, Marcus Smith <qwc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'm starting a new thread to state cleanly what my current question/concern > is... > > per PEP440 as I understand it: > - for ">1.7", "1.7" means roughly the "1.7 series" or "1.7*" > - for ">=1.7", "1.7" means literally "1.7" (with zero-padding as needed) > > While I understand the motivation for the "series" conception of 1.7 to deal > with prereleases, the resulting inconsistency in meaning for "1.7" is what > concerns me. It's odd . Can someone make it not seem odd for "1.7 to change > meanings just because you switch between >= and >? > > And for anyone who wants to say that "1.7" also means the "1.7 series" for > >=, note that 1.7 prereleases do not satisfy >=1.7 > > Would a solution be to make >= also use the series concept?, i.e. make > pre-releases satisfy >=1.7
The equality operator pads zeros, >= has the equality operator as part of it. --- Donald Stufft PGP: 7C6B 7C5D 5E2B 6356 A926 F04F 6E3C BCE9 3372 DCFA
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