Failing gracefully when installed Python is too old?

[Piet van Oostrum]

>>>>> grante at visi.com (Grant Edwards) (GE) writes:

GE> I can't figure out a way for a Python program to fail
GE> gracefully if somebody attempts to run it with a version of
GE> Python that's too old.

GE> Checking sys.hexversion at runtime won't work because the
GE> program might not even parse.  For example, attempting to run
GE> a program containing list comprehensions under 1.5.2.

GE> Is there any way to check the version at compile time?

You can write anothe very small module that just imports the main module
and catches the exception.
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