Add more accessible version information

numba/__init__.py

@@ -6,11 +6,35 @@
 import re
 import sys
 import warnings
+from collections import namedtuple
 
 from ._version import get_versions
 __version__ = get_versions()['version']
 del get_versions
 
+_version_info = namedtuple('version_info',
+                           ('major minor patch short full '
+                            'string tuple git_revision'))
+def _gen_v_info():
+    parts = __version__.split('.')
+    def try_int(x):
+        try:
+            return int(x)
+        except ValueError:
+            return None
+    major = try_int(parts[0])
+    minor = try_int(parts[1])
+    patch = try_int(parts[2])
+    short = (major, minor)
+    full = (major, minor, patch)
+    string = __version__
+    tup = tuple(string.split('.'))
+    git_revision = tup[3] if len(tup) >= 4 else None
+    return _version_info(major, minor, patch, short, full, string, tup,
+                         git_revision)
+version_info = _gen_v_info()
+del _gen_v_info
+
 from numba.core import config
 from numba.testing import _runtests as runtests
 from numba.core import types, errors