Add __version_info__ as a tuple-based version identifier

timhoffm · timhoffm · commit a91660450685 · 2020-11-02T21:37:15.000+01:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/__init__.py b/lib/matplotlib/__init__.py
@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@
 # this is computed based on the number of commits since the last tag.
 from ._version import get_versions
 __version__ = str(get_versions()['version'])
+
+_m = re.match(r'^(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)', __version__)
+__version_info__ = tuple(map(int, _m.groups())) if _m else tuple()
+
+
 del get_versions
 
 _log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
