NAME Python::Version - Python PEP440 compatible version string parser in Perl VERSION version 0.001 SYNOPSIS use Python::Version; my $v = Python::Version->parse("1.2.3pre2.dev1+ubuntu-1"); print($v->normal); print($v->original); # Comparing versions if ( Python::Version->parse($vstr1) == Python::Version->parse($vstr2) ) { # do stuff } # Sorting versions my @ordered = sort { Python::Version->parse($a) <=> Python::Version->parse($b) } @list; DESCRIPTION This module provides a parser as well as comparion method for Python PEP440 compatible version string. METHODS parse($version_str) Class method. It takes a PEP440-compatible string and returns a Python::Version object. my $v = Python::Version->parse($version_str); base_version() Returns the normalized base part of the version. is_prerelease() Returns a boolean value for if the version is a pre-release. is_postrelease() Returns a boolean value for if the version is a post-release. is_devrelease() Returns a boolean value for if the version is a dev-release. local() Returns the normalized local version label. normal() Returns a string with a standard normalized form. original() Returns the original version string which was used to create the object. public() Returns the normalized public version. SEE ALSO PEP 440 https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0440/ AUTHOR Stephan Loyd CONTRIBUTORS * perlancar * Mohammad S Anwar COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2018-2023 by Stephan Loyd. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.