Method: Gem::Version#initialize

Defined in:
lib/rubygems/version.rb

#initialize(version) ⇒ Version

Constructs a Version from the version string. A version string is a series of digits or ASCII letters separated by dots.



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# File 'lib/rubygems/version.rb', line 221

def initialize(version)
  unless self.class.correct?(version)
    raise ArgumentError, "Malformed version number string #{version}"
  end

  # If version is an empty string convert it to 0
  version = 0 if version.is_a?(String) && /\A\s*\Z/.match?(version)

  @version = version.to_s

  # optimization to avoid allocation when given an integer, since we know
  # it's to_s won't have any spaces or dashes
  unless version.is_a?(Integer)
    @version = @version.strip
    @version.gsub!("-",".pre.")
  end
  @version = -@version
  @segments = nil
end