Add __version_info__ as a tuple-based version identifier

timhoffm · timhoffm · commit 15c8a0e14105 · 2020-11-02T21:10:54.000+01:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/__init__.py b/lib/matplotlib/__init__.py
@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@
 # this is computed based on the number of commits since the last tag.
 from ._version import get_versions
 __version__ = str(get_versions()['version'])
+raise ValueError(__version__)
+__version_info__ = tuple(
+    map(int, re.match(r'^(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)', __version__).groups()))
+
 del get_versions
 
 _log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
