Deprecate comparing Gem::Version objects with strings#9085
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Comparing version objects is a huge bottleneck in dependency solvers
(like inside Bundler). I would like to make comparing version objects
cheaper. Right now we support comparing version objects with strings by
trying to coerce the string to a version. So for example:
```ruby
Gem::Version.new("1") <=> "12"
```
I would like to deprecate and remove support for this feature so that we
can reduce the overhead of `def <=>`.
I'm not sure what version of RubyGems we could remove this from though.
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Comparing version objects is a huge bottleneck in dependency solvers (like inside Bundler). I would like to make comparing version objects cheaper. Right now we support comparing version objects with strings by trying to coerce the string to a version. So for example:
I would like to deprecate and remove support for this feature so that we can reduce the overhead of
def <=>.I'm not sure what version of RubyGems we could remove this from though.