Uh, no it won't? cat >test_ver.cpp << EOF #include <cstdio> struct version { int Major; int Minor; int Patch;

Uh, no it won't? cat >test_ver.cpp << EOF #include <cstdio> struct version { int Major; int Minor; int Patch; version(int major, int minor, int patch) : Major(major) , Minor(minor) , Patch(patch) { } }; bool operator<=(version lhs, version rhs) { return (lhs.Major < rhs.Major) || ((lhs.Major == rhs.Major) && ((lhs.Minor < rhs.Minor) || ((lhs.Minor == rhs.Minor) && (lhs.Patch <= rhs.Patch)))); } int main(int argc, char **argv) { version lhs(4, 3, 7); version rhs(3, 3, 7); printf("lhs <= rhs? %s\n", lhs <= rhs ? "true" : "false"); } EOF g++ test_ver.cpp -o test_ver && ./test_ver prints lhs <= rhs? false