New Function: verlessthan.m

[David Bateman]

John W. Eaton wrote:
> On 16-Mar-2008, Bill Denney wrote:
>
> | Attached is the new function verlessthan.m.
>
> Isn't this called verLessThan in Matlab?
>
> Also, I think this function would have limited utility as far as
> Matlab compatibility goes since code written to check Matlab toolbox
> versions will likely fail in Octave because Octave may not have a
> package with exactly the same name as a Matlab toolbox, and even if
> those match, the version numbers will almost certainly be different.
> So is this function really needed in Octave?  Perhaps instead of
> trying to do something useful, it should just print out a warning and
> return.  Whether it should always return true or false, I'm not sure.
> The doc string could explain that it exists because Matlab has this
> function, but that it is really not useful to check package version
> numbers in portable code.
>
> jwe
>
>   
This is true for compatibility with Matlab. However, it might be useful
in itself within Octave code to have a check on a package version
number. Whether that should be done with a function with the same name
as the equivalent Matlab function is a different question..

D.


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