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[Finlay Dobbie]

You really shouldn't need to know the build number for any purpose,
except potentially for reporting. Edge cases do not an argument make
:)

 -- Finlay

On 24/10/2007, Alastair Houghton <alastair at alastairs-place.net> wrote:
> On 23 Oct 2007, at 18:25, Finlay Dobbie wrote:
>
> > On 23/10/2007, Alastair Houghton <alastair at alastairs-place.net> wrote:
> >> Plus Gestalt() doesn't help you in all cases where this file might.
> >
> > Would you care to elaborate on that?
>
> I already did.
>
> Gestalt() can't tell you the build number (and sometimes there are
> different versions of Mac OS X with the same major/minor/bugfix... it
> commonly happens when new hardware is released, for example).  And it
> only tells you about the *running* system; if, for instance, you need
> to identify a build of Mac OS X that's on some other disk, you can't
> ask Gestalt() for that information.
>
> >> So, sure, you should use Gestalt() if that's what you need.  But
> >> before stating categorically that Gestalt() is the One True Way, it's
> >> worth realising that not everybody's needs are the same and sometimes
> >> that means doing something different.
> >
> > Perhaps where "something different" is not "determining what version
> > of Mac OS X we're running on", but then we were never discussing that.
>
> That's not strictly true.  It had entered the discussion on more than
> one occasion, including (I think) in every post I've made on the
> topic, as well as some from some of the other contributors.
>
> IMO, checking the Mac OS X version is normally the wrong thing to
> do.  It may sometimes be a necessary evil, but usually there are
> better ways to get things done.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Alastair.
>
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