[PD] which version of pd do i have installed?

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Mar 11, 2008, at 6:27 AM, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:

> Roman Haefeli wrote:
>> yo....
>>
>> this might sound silly (and you guys most likely don't care, what
>> version _i_ have installed). however, the 'menu -> help -> About Pd'
>> tells me:
>>
>> Pd version 0.40.3
>
> for magical reasons this is usually correct.
>
>>
>> when i load [version] from hcs, it gives me:
>>
>> 0 41 0 test06 Dec  7 2007 03:24:18
>
> version is actually broken in the implementation, as it reports the
> version of Pd the object was _compiled_ against, not the one it is
> running in.
>
> this is done because it is easy to find out the version of pd at  
> compile
> time, but not so easy at runtime.
>
> the likely argument is, that you should run pd-extended and use the
> version in there, which will (hopefully) be compiled against the same
> version as it is running in.

[version] is a quick hack.  Ideally it would get the version of the  
running Pd.  I suppose there could be a function in Pd that returned  
the version.  Patches welcome :)

.hc


>
>
>>
>> when i load hexloader, which i just compiled, i get:
>>
>> hex loader $Revision: 1.5 $
>>         written by IOhannes m zm�nig, IEM <zmoelnig at iem.at>
>>         compiled on Mar 11 2008 at 11:03:15
>>         compiled against Pd version 0.40.3.
>
> again, this version-number tells you only the version of Pd the
> hexloader was compiled against. it has nothing to do with the  
> version of
> Pd you are actually running.
>
>>
>> aaah, and now i realized, that there is simply 'pd -version',  
>> which also
>> gives me:
>>
>> Pd version 0.40-3
>> compiled 06:47:02 Nov 28 2007
>
> this is the one that can be trusted most.
>
>
> fmgas.dr
> IOhannes
>
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