Re: Version flag usage? [Re: id foobar & temp. portability]

[Marcus G. Daniels]

>>>>> "KC" == Ken Cline <address@hidden> writes:

KC> Could you use the VERSION variable to do conditional
KC> precompilation?

Hmm, it's less than idea because it is a string.  I think a
__SWARM_MAJOR__ and __SWARM_MINOR__ (for "1.2", 1 and 2 respectively)
would be more useful. 

KC> Is there also a global version variable that can be used at
KC> runtime?  I see "swarm_version" in objectbase/Arguments, is this a
KC> new feature?

Yes, but again it is the string, which for snapshots will be an ISO date, 
e.g. 1998-04-29. 



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