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Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org> writes:

> The patch makes the result of `gnus-continuum-version' as a string.

That's not good -- the functions only real function is to return a
number that can be compared to see whether some Gnus version is newer
than some other Gnus version.  Returning a string is not a good idea.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen