Re: Attributes 'Version and 'Body_Version

[Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)]

In article <9seku6$hes$1@nh.pace.co.uk>, "Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org> writes:
> This may not be news: I often want what is, in fact, impossible. :-)
> 
> But so far, I don't think what I want has been shown to *be* impossible. If
> the compiler is somehow or other capable of determining that the string for
> '*Version needs to be *different* then how is it impossible to be sure that
> the next string chosen satisfies the semantics: New_String > Old_String ???
> 
> If the relationship only has the meaning: "This version was compiled at a
> later time than the previous version" and you make no other use of it beyond
> that, then I don't think doing so is impossible or undesirable.

Yes, that much would be possible.  I just don't think it would be
much use, for instance in the case where I back out the change to
a compilation unit upon which the subject compilation unit depends.

A more recent compilation could mean an _earlier_ version of the code.