[Python-Dev] Module version variable

[Eric Smith]

On 3/16/2011 5:54 PM, Alexander Belopolsky wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Raymond Hettinger
> <raymond.hettinger at gmail.com>  wrote:
> ..
>> The version number in the decimal module refers to the version of the
>> spec that is being complied with.  I would like that version number
>> to remain in the module.
>
> I mentioned this in my first post.   If the version number of the spec
> is important, shouldn't it be called something else?

I agree, especially if we need to issue a new version of the library 
that implements the same spec. We couldn't upgrade __version__, since 
it's used for the spec. There'd be no way to know (by inspection) if the 
version of the library fixed a spec compliance issue.

Eric.