Dear R devs,
I installed the recent devel R to test a package error when I intercept this
warning when loading packages:
```
Warning in .make_numeric_version(x, strict,
.standard_regexps()$valid_numeric_version) :
invalid non-character version specification 'x' (type: double)
```
After a long debugging, I realize that `numeric_version` in base does not
support numerical input x by default now.
A reproducible example:
R 4.4
```
> numeric_version(1.5)
Warning in .make_numeric_version(x, strict,
.standard_regexps()$valid_numeric_version) :
invalid non-character version specification 'x' (type: double)
[1] ‘1.5’
```
R 4.3.1
```
> numeric_version(1.5)
[1] ‘1.5’
```
According to help document, `strict=TRUE` should result in errors, then the 4.3
behavior was actually incorrect. According to pkgload maintainer, Kurt has sent
him an email to fix this, suggesting this on-going change is intentional.
May I ask is there any benefit of changing the behavior?
Thanks,
- D
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