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| author | Alec Warner <antarus@gentoo.org> | 2006-12-07 22:50:25 +0000 |
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| committer | Alec Warner <antarus@gentoo.org> | 2006-12-07 22:50:25 +0000 |
| commit | cfc497009e6054a5403461be676bb94deebbbf50 (patch) | |
| tree | 04d9128069e51d4f0f5434db7bf9e629bbdf1401 /pym/portage_versions.py | |
| parent | 53f14db70339391fb13ca0adab353645f84be3f2 (diff) | |
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A quick docstring for vercmp
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diff --git a/pym/portage_versions.py b/pym/portage_versions.py index ec01773ad..8e58c2f47 100644 --- a/pym/portage_versions.py +++ b/pym/portage_versions.py @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2 # $Id$ - import re,string ver_regexp = re.compile("^(cvs\\.)?(\\d+)((\\.\\d+)*)([a-z]?)((_(pre|p|beta|alpha|rc)\\d*)*)(-r(\\d+))?$") @@ -22,6 +21,29 @@ def ververify(myver, silent=1): vercmp_cache = {} def vercmp(ver1, ver2, silent=1): + """ + Compare two versions + Example usage: + >>> from portage_versions import vercmp + >>> vercmp('1.0-r1','1.2-r3') + negative number + >>> vercmp('1.3','1.2-r3') + positive number + >>> vercmp('1.0_p3','1.0_p3') + 0 + + @param pkg1: version to compare with (see ver_regexp in portage_versions.py) + @type pkg1: string (example: "2.1.2-r3") + @param pkg2: version to compare againts (see ver_regexp in portage_versions.py) + @type pkg2: string (example: "2.1.2_rc5") + @rtype: None or float + @return: + 1. positive if ver1 is greater than ver2 + 2. negative if ver1 is less than ver2 + 3. 0 if ver1 equals ver2 + 4. None if ver1 or ver2 are invalid (see ver_regexp in portage_versions.py) + """ + if ver1 == ver2: return 0 mykey=ver1+":"+ver2 |