Re: [Help-gsl] Request function for library version string

[Jerome BENOIT]

On 31/07/13 01:16, Peter Johansson wrote:
> Hi Dave,
> 
> On 07/31/2013 08:34 AM, Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate wrote:
>> Jerome and Patrick,
>>
>> Thank you.  I am not much of a C programmer, but my understanding is
>> that using gsl_version from gsl/gsl_version.h would result in the
>> version string associated with gsl/gsl_version.h at compile time.
> This is inaccurate. The variable 'gsl_version' is implemented in file 
> 'version.c' and the value is decided when you compile 'version.c' and the 
> rest of the code within gsl to create libgsl.so.
> 

but what Dave say for gsl_version is true for GSL_VERSION (the macro).

hth,
Jerome


> HTH,
> Peter
>