Re: Can gdc --version or -dumpversion output the corresponding DMD front-end (language) version?

[Ernesto Castellotti via D.gnu]

On Tuesday, 11 July 2023 at 18:08:30 UTC, mw wrote:
Hi,
Currently,

```
$ gdc-12 --version
gdc-12 (Ubuntu 12.1.0-2ubuntu1~22.04) 12.1.0

$ gdc-12 -dumpversion
12
```

this is not very informative, as D (DMD) language is always 
changing, Can gdc --version or -dumpversion output the 
corresponding DMD front-end (language) version?

just as LDC does:

```
$ ldc2 --version
LDC - the LLVM D compiler (1.32.2):
  based on DMD v2.102.2 and LLVM 15.0.7

```

I don't think it's possible because --version and -dumpversion 
are common throughout GCC.

To get the version just compile a file with the content:
         pragma(msg, __VERSION__);