NAME

Python::Version - Python PEP440 compatible version string parser in Perl

VERSION

version 0.001

SYNOPSIS

use Python::Version;

my $v = Python::Version->parse("1.2.3pre2.dev1+ubuntu-1");

print($v->normal);
print($v->original);

# Comparing versions
 
if ( Python::Version->parse($vstr1) == Python::Version->parse($vstr2) ) {
  # do stuff
}
 
# Sorting versions
 
my @ordered = sort { Python::Version->parse($a) <=> Python::Version->parse($b) } @list;

DESCRIPTION

This module provides a parser as well as comparion method for Python PEP440 compatible version string.

METHODS

parse($version_str)

Class method. It takes a PEP440-compatible string and returns a Python::Version object.

my $v = Python::Version->parse($version_str);

base_version()

Returns the normalized base part of the version.

is_prerelease()

Returns a boolean value for if the version is a pre-release.

is_postrelease()

Returns a boolean value for if the version is a post-release.

is_devrelease()

Returns a boolean value for if the version is a dev-release.

local()

Returns the normalized local version label.

normal()

Returns a string with a standard normalized form.

original()

Returns the original version string which was used to create the object.

public()

Returns the normalized public version.

SEE ALSO

PEP 440 https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0440/

AUTHOR

Stephan Loyd sloyd@cpan.org

CONTRIBUTORS

• perlancar perlancar@cpan.org
• Mohammad S Anwar manwar@cpan.org

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2018-2023 by Stephan Loyd.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.