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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/filevercmp.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/filevercmp.h | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/filevercmp.h b/lib/filevercmp.h index 5a336776719..57949760b25 100644 --- a/lib/filevercmp.h +++ b/lib/filevercmp.h @@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ without them, using version sort without special priority; if they do not compare equal, this comparison result is used and the suffixes are effectively ignored. Otherwise, the entire - strings are compared using version sort. + strings are compared using version sort. When removing a suffix + from a nonempty string, remove the maximal-length suffix such that + the remaining string is nonempty. This function is intended to be a replacement for strverscmp. */ int filevercmp (char const *a, char const *b) _GL_ATTRIBUTE_PURE; |