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Re: Panther's version
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Re: Panther's version


  • Subject: Re: Panther's version
  • From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 14:20:34 -0800

Apparently, this 'version' class dates form the "old days" when versions of
some software, including Apple's, could - in some parts of the world -
include characters which could not be represented 'as string'.

Now version should just be Unicode text.

--
Paul Berkowitz


> From: Arthur Knapp <email@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 16:49:07 -0500
> To: <email@hidden>
> Subject: Panther's version
>
> Yup, I upgraded.
>
> version --> "1.9.2"
>
> set ksPantherVersion to "1.9.2"
>
> version = ksPantherVersion --> false
>
> version < ksPantherVersion --> error 'Can't make "1.9.2" into a
> number, date, or text'
>
> version's class --> version (yeah, that's useful)
>
> version's contents's class --> version (sigh....)
>
> version as string = ksPantherVersion --> true
>
> -- OK, whatever.
>
> AppleScript's text item delimiters = {""} --> true Just checking ;-)
>
>
> { Arthur J. Knapp;
> <mailto:email@hidden>;
>
> What...? Oh...!
> }
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