Version Number Comparison Function

[Robert Kern]

Keith wrote:
> distutils is one of the places I looked:
> http://www.python.org/doc/2.3.5/lib/module-distutils.html
> 
> But I didn't see the functions documented.  I am new to Python so I
> didn't know where else to look.

The source! I don't think they're documented elsewhere.

> Using distutils seems like it would be the most generic and supported
> way to compare version numbers.

Indeed.

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