[Distutils] RFC : Version comparison

[Trent Mick]

[Tarek]
>>> Sounds good, I'd be in favor of making RationalVersion using explicit
>>> version bits,
>>> and having some kind of function:
>>>
>>> str2version(somestring) -> RationalVersion instance

[Trent]
>> Or we could have:
>>
>>    RationalVersion(...version bits...)
>>    RationalVersion.from_string(s)      # this is a @classmethod

[Tres]
> I would prefer keeping the string version of __init__, with the "I'm in
> control, dammit" version reserved for the non-default factory method.

I'd tend to agree, but I don't feel strongly about it.

Tarek,
Why would you prefer the default constructor argument be the version bits form.


Trent

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