On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 04:18:21PM +0200, Rune B. Broberg wrote: > On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 09:58:21AM -0400, Alan Shutko wrote: > > Many developers don't consider those identical, though. I wonder if > > fields should be zero-padded to equal width before comparison? So > > comparing 0.01 and 0.1, you'd zero-pad 0.1 -> 0.10, and get the right > > comparison. > > 0.9 compared to 0.89 would then be the same as 0.90 compared to 0.89? > Not good.
OTOH, this scheme has been in operation for quite a few years now (read: since the beginning) and changing it would probably break more things than I care to imagine. Get used to it and move along... -- Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > Canada, Mexico, and Australia form the Axis of Nations That > Are Actually Quite Nice But Secretly Have Nasty Thoughts About America -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
