Version
This is a helper class to work with versions, it splits the version string based on dots and hyphens. It exposes all the version components as properties and offers total ordering through compare operators.
Comparing versions
compiler_lower_than_12 = Version(self.settings.compiler.version) < "12.0"
is_legacy = Version(self.version) < 2
class Version(value, qualifier=False)
This is NOT an implementation of semver, as users may use any pattern in their versions. It is just a helper to parse “.” or “-” and compare taking into account integers when possible
Attributes
The Version
class offers ways to access the different parts of the version number:
main
Get all the main digits.
v = Version("1.2.3.4-alpha.3+b1")
assert [str(i) for i in v.main] == ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5']
major
Get the major digit.
v = Version("1.2.3.4-alpha.3+b1")
assert str(v.major) == "1"
minor
Get the minor digit.
v = Version("1.2.3.4-alpha.3+b1")
assert str(v.minor) == "2"
patch
Get the patch digit.
v = Version("1.2.3.4-alpha.3+b1")
assert str(v.patch) == "3"
micro
Get the micro digit.
v = Version("1.2.3.4-alpha.3+b1")
assert str(v.micro) == "4"
pre
Get the pre-release digit.
v = Version("1.2.3.4-alpha.3+b1")
assert str(v.pre) == "alpha.3"
build
Get the build digit.
v = Version("1.2.3.4-alpha.3+b1")
assert str(v.build) == "b1"