On Wednesday, December 31, 2014 7:03:34 AM UTC-5, Andreas Lobinger wrote:
> What is the recommended way to get a julia major/minor version number (i > need to check <> v.0.4)? Just parse Base.VERSION? > You normally don't need to get the major/minor explicitly, because comparison operations are defined for the VersionNumber type. Just do VERSION < v"0.4-" to check for versions before 0.4 or any prerelease thereof (the trailing -). Although for specific prerelease features you should check for a more specific version stamp (see e.g. the examples in Compat.jl)