[Zope3-dev] Re: A thought on backward compatibility and minimum versions

[Dieter Maurer]

Philipp von Weitershausen wrote at 2007-5-31 22:04 +0200:
> ...
>>>>> How about
>>>>>
>>>>>   foo 2.>=5
>>>>
>>>> This seems really weird to me.
>>>>
>>>> I much prefer: "foo 2, >=2.5"
>>>
>>> Would you be able to write
>>>
>>>   foo 2.4, >=2.4.3
>>
>> Yup.
>
>Hmm, ok, then I'm at least not against it. But I still think my  
>variant is shorter and more self-explanatory.

It, definitely, is shorter -- but I cannot see why it should be
self-explanatory.

   It severely bends the usual meaning of ">=": I
   associate it strongly with a binary operator -- and "2.>=5" goes strongly
   against this association.



-- 
Dieter