Well I prefer uname() as it is 1) POSIX standard, cross-platform method and 2) more fine grained as it tells minor versions apart. (e.g. I can tell Mavericks DP4 apart from Mavericks DP7 from Mavericks GM from App Store release of Mavericks from Mavericks 10.9.1)
On Oct 25, 2013, at 13:29, Greg Parker <gpar...@apple.com> wrote: > On Oct 24, 2013, at 9:46 PM, Gerriet M. Denkmann <gerr...@mdenkmann.de> wrote: >> On 25 Oct 2013, at 11:24, Greg Parker <gpar...@apple.com> wrote: >>> On Oct 24, 2013, at 8:49 PM, Gerriet M. Denkmann <gerr...@mdenkmann.de> >>> wrote: >>>> The documentation tells me that NSProcessInfo operatingSystemVersionString >>>> "is human readable, localized, and is appropriate for displaying to the >>>> user. This string is not appropriate for parsing." >>>> >>>> Ok. So what do I use for parsing? >>>> >>>> like: if ( current_os_x_version < 10.9 ) then do something... >>>> >>>> Once there was Gestalt, but this is deprecated since 10.8. >>> >>> What are you trying to do? What sort of thing is inside "do something" ? >> >> Working around bugs which have been fixed in 10.9. (E.g. 15005906). > > The typical recommendation for cases like this is to check > NSFoundationVersionNumber or NSAppKitVersionNumber. > > See "Runtime Version Check" in the AppKit release note for examples. > https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/releasenotes/AppKit/RN-AppKit/ > > > -- > Greg Parker gpar...@apple.com Runtime Wrangler > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/xcvista%40me.com > > This email sent to xcvi...@me.com
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