Odd version scheme
Tim Chase
python.list at tim.thechases.com
Thu Feb 12 12:46:31 EST 2015
On 2015-02-12 18:37, Gisle Vanem wrote:
> Tim Chase wrote:> So the test should actually be something like
>
> > if LooseVersion(QtCore.PYQT_VERSION_STR) <
> > LooseVersion("4.10"): balk()
>
> That's exactly what they do now in IPython/utils/version.py with
> the comment:
> Utilities for version comparison
> It is a bit ridiculous that we need these.
>
> Not sure why this is "ridiculous".
Well, if you're storing them as strings, then duh, you need the
helper utilities. If you store them as comparable tuples, then it's
not a problem. :-/
# library.VERSION = (3, 14, 15)
if library.VERSION < (2, 3, 18):
complain()
It does become harder to mark things as alpha/beta/pre/rc, but
something Enum-like might suffice for that in a fourth field of the
tuple.
-tkc
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