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From: jv@mh.nl (Johan Vromans)
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Subject: Re: 3.041?
Message-ID: <1990Nov25.113706.2733@squirrel.mh.nl>
Date: 25 Nov 90 11:37:06 GMT
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In-Reply-To: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV's message of 24 Nov 90 20:53:46 GMT

In article <10523@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall) writes:
   In article <16047@bfmny0.BFM.COM> tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff) writes:
   : Yeah but roundoff error in the VERSION NUMBER is bogus.  Can't you force
   : $] to have the string attribute and stay exactly "3.041"?

   Not and stay compatible with what $] currently means in a string context.

I, who started this thread, can live with $version = sprintf("%.3f",$]). 

On the other hand, one could consider an array @] that contains the
two integer values ($][$[] == 3 and $][1+$[] == 41), but I doubt if it
is worth the trouble.

	Johan

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