BSON_CHECK_VERSION(3)

πŸ’… BSON_CHECK_VERSION πŸ’…

ok so bestie, quick vibe check: this is a page from the libbson manual, and it's about one tiny little function called bson_check_version() β€” she's small but she's mighty, and honestly she's giving "quiet main character energy" πŸŽ€


✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bool
bson_check_version (int required_major, int required_minor, int required_micro);

look at her go 😭 three ints in, one bool out, no drama, no cap.


🌸 PARAMETERS 🌸

  • required_major β€” the minimum major version you're asking for, like the big-deal number πŸ’…
  • required_minor β€” the minimum minor version you need, the middle child 🫢
  • required_micro β€” the minimum micro version required, the tiny one, the littlest guy πŸ“

πŸ¦‹ DESCRIPTION πŸ¦‹

so what does she do? she checks, at runtime, whether this release of libbson actually meets a required version. like a bouncer at the club but for version numbers β€” she's not guessing, she's not assuming, she's checking live πŸ”₯


⭐ RETURNS ⭐

she returns true if libbson's version is greater than or equal to the required version. that's it, that's the whole mood. iconic behaviour tbh πŸ‘‘

ngl, the important thing here is "runtime" β€” this is a real-time vibe check on the actual library you're running against, not some compile-time situation. iykyk πŸ’œ

🧚 AUTHOR 🧚

MongoDB, Inc β€” yeah, them. the whole squad 🌈


2009-present, MongoDB, Inc. β€” respectfully, that's a long run and we love that for them πŸ’–


alright bestie, that's the whole page, you ate it up fr fr πŸ™ˆπŸ’… this was libbson, version 2.5.6, dated Oct 09, 2026 β€” caught you on the way out, muah, slay, periodt βœ¨πŸ¦‹πŸŒΈ

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