R devel - Oct 2024 - Consider getNamespaceVersion() returning a numeric_version

Would R-Core be receptive to having getNamespaceVersion() return a 
numeric_version object instead of a named character?

Tim

On 17 October 2024 at 12:38, Tim Taylor wrote:
| Would R-Core be receptive to having getNamespaceVersion() return a 
| numeric_version object instead of a named character?

Is this good enough? What's your actual issue a 'numeric' would
address?

   > as.package_version(getNamespaceVersion("base")) <
"4.5.0"
   [1] TRUE
   > 
   > as.package_version(getNamespaceVersion("Rcpp")) >
"1.0.11"
   [1] TRUE
   > as.package_version(getNamespaceVersion("Rcpp")) >
"1.0.14"
   [1] FALSE
   >

Dirk

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