How to find out runtime version of Maxima? (confused by new format of eigenvectors() in 5.19.2)



Lisp variable *autoconf-version* contains the version as a string. You
can then use stringproc functions to compare versions.

(%i1) version: ?\*autoconf\-version\*;
(%o1) 5.19.2

Andrej

On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Alexander Shulgin<alex.shulgin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to find out which version of Maxima is used at runtime?
>
> I'm asking because the latest version 5.19.2 breaks my program:
> eigenvectors now returning a list in different format. ?How can I
> write code to run on both 5.19.2 and earlier versions?
>
> --
> Regards,
> Alex
> _______________________________________________
> Maxima mailing list
> Maxima at math.utexas.edu
> http://www.math.utexas.edu/mailman/listinfo/maxima
>