[mod_python] How to get mod_python's running version?

OK dharana, I've created a new issue in JIRA for this.

Regads,
Nicolas

2005/5/19, Graham Dumpleton <grahamd at dscpl.com.au>:
> 
> On 19/05/2005, at 7:50 PM, dharana wrote:
> 
> > Trying to do a "import mod_python" from an external script works so I
> > should ask, wouldn't it nice to have a mod_python.version string with
> > just the current version or isn't it a good idea?
> 
> No harm in having it. Most Python packages do.
> 
> > The problem is I want to make sure if it's 3.2 or later (FileSession,
> > php.parsestring bugfix et all) in the script so I can't use the hacks
> > available on testhandler or vampire because I believe they don't
> > differentiate that.
> 
> One of the good things about Python is that you can do checks like:
> 
>    try:
>      from mod_python import psp
>    except:
>      # Don't have PSP.
> 
> and:
> 
>    from mod_python import Session
>    if hasattr(Session,"FileSession"):
>      # Have FileSession.
> 
> I know this doesn't in general help with knowing whether a bug fix is
> present
> as that may be harder to test for, but can be used to test for certain
> features
> by virtue of presence of a module or of an attribute in a module.
> 
> Graham
> 
>