racket/collects/version/version.scrbl
Eli Barzilay 19095ff14b * Added `version->integer'
* Added tests (mostly just that for now)
* Documented `version/utils'

svn: r10756
2008-07-14 07:56:18 +00:00

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#lang scribble/doc
@(require scribble/manual
scribble/bnf
(for-label version/patchlevel
version/check
version/tool
version/utils
scheme/base
scheme/contract))
@(define (selflink s) (link s (tt s)))
@title{@bold{Version}: PLT Version Checking}
The version collection contains several version-related pieces that
are used by PLT Scheme. See also @scheme[version] from
@schememodname[scheme/base].
@; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@section{Installed Patch Level}
@defmodule[version/patchlevel]
@defthing[patchlevel exact-nonnegative-integer?]{
Indicates the current installed patch level, which is normally zero,
but may be updated by patches to DrScheme.}
@; ----------------------------------------
@section{Checking Available Versions}
@defmodule[version/check]
@defproc[(check-version) (or/c symbol? list?)]{
Checks the currently available version on the PLT website
(@selflink["http://download.plt-scheme.org"]) and returns a value that
indicates the current state of the curent installation:
@itemize{
@item{@scheme[`ok] --- You're fine.}
@item{@scheme[`(ok-but ,_version)] --- You have a fine stable
version, but note that there is a newer alpha version available
numbered @scheme[_version].}
@item{@scheme[`(newer ,_version)] --- You have an old
version. Please upgrade to @scheme[_version].}
@item{@scheme[`(newer ,_version ,_alpha)] --- You have an
old-but-stable version, please upgrade to @scheme[_version]; you
may consider also the newer alpha version numbered
@scheme[_alpha].}
@item{@scheme[`(error ,_message)] --- An error occurred, and
@scheme[_message] is a string that indicates the error.}
@item{@scheme[`(error ,_message ,_additional-info)] --- An error
occurred; @scheme[_message] is a string that indicates the
error, and @scheme[_additional-info] is a string containing a
system error. The @scheme[_additional-info] content is always
parenthesizes, so @scheme[message] is a short error and
@scheme[(string-append message " " additional-info)] is a
verbose one.}
}
}
@; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@section{DrScheme Version Tool}
@defmodule[version/tool]
The @scheme[version/tool] library implements a DrScheme tool that
@itemize{
@item{makes the patchlevel display as a version @tt{p}@nonterm{N}
suffix in DrScheme (though the base verion reported by
@scheme[(version)] is not changed);}
@item{if enabled by the user, periodically checks whether a
new PLT Scheme distribution is available for download.}
}
@; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@section{Version Utilities}
@defmodule[version/utils]{
The @schememodname[version/utils] library provides a few of convenient
utilities for dealing with version strings. Unless explicitly noted,
these functions do not handle legacy versions of PLT Scheme.}
@defproc[(valid-version? [str string?]) boolean?]{
Returns @scheme[#t] if @scheme[str] is a valid PLT Scheme version
string, @scheme[#f] otherwise.}
@defproc[(version->list [str valid-version?])
(list integer? integer? integer? integer?)]{
Returns a list of four numbers that the given version string
represent. @scheme[str] is assumed to be a valid version.}
@defproc[(version<? [str1 valid-version?] [str2 valid-version?]) boolean?]{
Returns @scheme[#t] if @scheme[str1] represents a version that is
strictly smaller than @scheme[str2], @scheme[#f] otherwise.
@scheme[str1] and @scheme[str2] are assumed to be valid versions.}
@defproc[(version<=? [str1 valid-version?] [str2 valid-version?]) boolean?]{
Returns @scheme[#t] if @scheme[str1] represents a version that is
smaller than or equal to @scheme[str2], @scheme[#f] otherwise.
@scheme[str1] and @scheme[str2] are assumed to be valid versions.}
@defproc[(alpha-version? [str valid-version?]) boolean?]{
Returns @scheme[#t] if the version that @scheme[str] represents is an
alpha version. @scheme[str] is assumed to be a valid version.}
@defproc[(version->integer [str string?]) (or/c integer? false/c)]{
Converts the version string into an integer. For version
@scheme["X.YY.ZZZ.WWW"], the result will be @schemevalfont{XYYZZZWWW}.
This function works also for legacy PLT Scheme versions, by
translating @scheme["XYY.ZZZ"] to @schemevalfont{XYYZZZ000}. The
resulting integer can thefore be used to conveniently compare any two
(valid) version strings. If the version string is invalid the
resulting value is @scheme[#f].
Note that this is the only function that deals with legacy version
strings.}