I used the same until I ran into a problem comparing versions between a single and double-digit minor version.

my $new = 1.41;
my $old = 1.5;
print $new > $old ? $new : $old;

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I figured 'nothing a fancier sort can't fix, right?' until I realized it also broke use My::Module N.NN;, so thesedays I use a style I saw in one of Gisle Aas' modules...

$VERSION = sprintf("%d.%02d", q$Revision: 1.5 $ =~ /: (\d+)\.(\d+)/);

That way single digits get 0-padded (ie, 1.05 vs 1.5, although 1.1.1.1 gets turned into 1.01) and all is right with the world again. :)

    --k.


In reply to Re: Re: cvs revision extraction regex by Kanji
in thread cvs revision extraction regex by chicks

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