also sprach Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> [2006.08.11.0931 +0100]:
> Uhm, where does the "0" come from? This is grossly unintuitive, and I would
> consider this a bug. Both strings parse as follows:
>
> "1." => "", 1, "."
> "1.0" => "", 1, ".", 0
actually, you forgot the trailing ""
> And another bug: "2a.0" is _lesser_ than "2.0"! This works as
> documented, but is totally against lexicography, expectations and
> common sense.
I'll shoot anyone who uses such a version number. :)
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