From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,5894fe67040038b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-07 04:59:15 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!newsfeed.mathworks.com!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed5!btnet!mendelevium.btinternet.com!not-for-mail From: "Tony Gair" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Attributes 'Version and 'Body_Version Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 12:51:26 -0800 Organization: BT Internet Message-ID: <9sbb1f$2bm$1@plutonium.btinternet.com> References: <9s9iti$g$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <5ee5b646.0111061939.595b61be@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: host217-34-87-222.in-addr.btopenworld.com X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:15986 Date: 2001-11-07T12:51:26-08:00 List-Id: On a hopefully slightly more helpful note :- I think it is used in the Glade distrib. annex (Godinspired Labour, Design and Engineering) examples to compare versions, my interest would be in checking a client from a server to check the version of the client. On the subject of the RM though has anyone read this ... The glade user guide, RM and a certain book written by John Barnes is far less likely to send you asleep. "Robert Dewar" wrote in message news:5ee5b646.0111061939.595b61be@posting.google.com... > "Marin David Condic" > > > want to do anything more than say "This version > > isn't the one I remember" you need to know how to interpret the string. > > What in the RM gives you the slightest idea that you > can expect to do anything more than compare two version > numbers?