Can gdc --version or -dumpversion output the corresponding DMD front-end (language) version?

[Ernesto Castellotti]

On Tuesday, 11 July 2023 at 18:08:30 UTC, mw wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Currently,
>
> ```
> $ gdc-12 --version
> gdc-12 (Ubuntu 12.1.0-2ubuntu1~22.04) 12.1.0
>
> $ gdc-12 -dumpversion
> 12
> ```
>
> this is not very informative, as D (DMD) language is always 
> changing, Can gdc --version or -dumpversion output the 
> corresponding DMD front-end (language) version?
>
> just as LDC does:
>
> ```
> $ ldc2 --version
> LDC - the LLVM D compiler (1.32.2):
>   based on DMD v2.102.2 and LLVM 15.0.7
>
> ```

I don't think it's possible because --version and -dumpversion 
are common throughout GCC.

To get the version just compile a file with the content:
          pragma(msg, __VERSION__);