[dmd-internals] dmd-devel version number

[Walter Bright]

On 2/8/2013 2:19 AM, Leandro Lucarella wrote:
> Leandro Lucarella, el  7 de February a las 13:49 me escribiste:
>> Walter Bright, el  6 de February a las 21:52 me escribiste:
>>> On 2/6/2013 3:12 PM, Leandro Lucarella wrote:
>>>> May I ask what other uses do you have in mind for VERSION? Do you
>>>> think they could not benefit too from having a more accurate
>>>> version (or even that it will have a negative impact)?
>>> I have several makefiles and install files that take the version
>>> number as an argument - it's been a giant error-prone pain to do
>>> this, and Andrei suggested a single VERSION file to take its place.
>> And you use these only when releasing or in your daily routine too?
> Since betas are starting to flowing, it will be a good oportunity to do
> this. So any input for me to know how to do it in a way that it works
> for everyone would be appreciated. Or is there no interest at all on
> having a proper version information in the binary...

If you only want it in the binary, then put it in a .h file. VERSION is used for 
other things as well as generating binaries - that's the whole point of it. It's 
not scriptable if I have to do it by hand each time.