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From: Paul A Bristow (pbristow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-11-24 12:32:42


| -----Original Message-----
| From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden]
| [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Rene Rivera
| Sent: 24 November 2005 16:06
| To: boost_at_[hidden]
| Subject: Re: [boost] Full MS compiler version info?
|
| Paul A Bristow wrote:
| > Indeed - but I didn't see the MS BUILD number - needed to
| distinguish
| > between 8.0 beta 1, 2, 2.5 ... and final(s). Microsoft
| have ideas on
| > version numbering which seem dotty to me, but they have ...
|
| There's a comment about the number of digits for each part of the
| version number: "Some more thinking on the version number... I think
| it's relatively safe to set it at 2/2/5. That covers MSVC
| which has the
| large patch numbers. And covers CW, and others, which are up
| to and past
| 10 for the major number." The intent, as it's not explicit since the
| MSVC define is not there yet, is that the patch number for
| MSVC will be
| the build number. So in your previous example the version would be
| 8.0.50215.

This sounds just the job! (until the build counter gets to 100000!)

Paul

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