OpenEuphoria

Re: [ANN] version.e

• Posted by CChris <christian.cuvier at agriculture.gouv.fr> Feb 16, 2007
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Vincent wrote:
> 
> CChris wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > I just submitted a small version.e include file, which is supposed to 
> > enable to find the current interpreter version whenever it is relevant.
> > 
> > If some people with old versions of Eu still installed could tell me whether
> > 
> > the method I'm using is reliable enough, and how tostrengthen it if needed,
> > that would certainly help.
> > 
> > Also, I have no Linux box, so I have no idea whether there is any specufuc 
> > issue on Linux/FreeBSD oplatforms.
> > 
> > Any feedback appreciated.
> > TIA
> > CChris
> 
> I've already submitted a solution for that. It works by comparing the exact
> byte-count of each interpreter executable against a long list of EU version
> conditional match statements. The library currently supports Euphoria v1.0
> thru
> v2.5.
> 
> I also included a program that allows anyone to add support for newer Euphoria
> releases (3.0 onwards), simply by answering a few questions.
> 
> <a
> href="http://www.rapideuphoria.com/versionlib.zip">http://www.rapideuphoria.com/versionlib.zip</a>
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Vincent

I was aware of that, but the specs are slightly different.

The problem I wanted to solve is: how to have a library that may execute 
with different versions of the interpreter avoiding code that would 
crash on a given machine, no questions asked.

So I wanted something that doesn't rely on updating a knowledge base (size 
of executable for instance) and doesn't require any interaction from the 
end user, who might ignore it is there at all.

This is wht, if the method I use fails on say pre v1.4  Eu, I wish to 
document it, but, unless the fix is trivial, not correct it. The kind 
of questions answered is: will task_yield() crash? Is the $ construct 
available? And the answers must come without any outside assistance 
and minimal overhead.

And I thought I might not be the only one to have some use for the tool, 
so I submitted it. No disregard for your code, Vincent, just a bit 
different operational specs.

CChris