Add a string constructor to VersionNumber

I feel this is more natural than `convert(VersionNumber, mystring)`, but maybe there was a design reason behind this
Carreau · Jul 2, 2014 · cee2df1 · cee2df1
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diff --git a/base/version.jl b/base/version.jl
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ end
 VersionNumber(x::Integer, y::Integer, z::Integer) = VersionNumber(x, y, z, (), ())
 VersionNumber(x::Integer, y::Integer)             = VersionNumber(x, y, 0, (), ())
 VersionNumber(x::Integer)                         = VersionNumber(x, 0, 0, (), ())
+VersionNumber(s::String)                          = convert(VersionNumber, s)
 
 function print(io::IO, v::VersionNumber)
     v == typemax(VersionNumber) && return print(io, "∞")