I wrote: > ... Or maybe we should shorten this > variable name so it doesn't force reformatting of all this text. > Possible ideas include "DB_VERSION_NAME", "SERVER_VER_NAME", or > "SERVER_VERSION_STR". (The last saves only one character, whereas > we really need to save two if we're trying not to be wider than any > other documented variable.)
Just had another idea: maybe make the new variable names
"_S" could usefully be read as either "string" or "short", and probably we should document it as meaning "short". This way avoids creating any weird inconsistencies with the existing precedent of the VERSION variable.
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With respect, it doesn't look well and intuitive.
SERVER_VERSION_STR looks better than this.
I can live very well with SERVER_VERSION_STR and SERVER_VERSION_NUM
