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Re: python 2.5 and ast

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On 11/29/2011 11:32 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>
> I prefer to check against sys.version.
>
> import sys
> if sys.version<= '2.5':
>      from psi.devsonly.ast import parse, NodeVisitor
> else:
>      from ast import parse, NodeVisitor
>
>
>
> Or even:
>
>
> try:
>      from ast import parse, NodeVisitor
> except ImportError:
>      from ast import parse, NodeVisitor
>
>
>

The try/except is probably the nicest...
I've seen in other places using sys.version <=, but is it a good idea to 
rely
on the fact that the <= on strings has the right semantic?
After all that's just a string, version_info looks more correct to me..

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Re: python 2.5 and ast Andrea Crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> - 2011-11-29 09:51 +0000
  Re: python 2.5 and ast Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-11-29 11:32 +0000
    Re: python 2.5 and ast Andrea Crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> - 2011-11-29 13:51 +0000
    Re: python 2.5 and ast Andrea Crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> - 2011-11-30 18:03 +0000
      Re: python 2.5 and ast DevPlayer <devplayer@gmail.com> - 2011-12-02 07:18 -0800
        Re: python 2.5 and ast Andrea Crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> - 2011-12-02 16:54 +0000
        Re: python 2.5 and ast Andrea Crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> - 2011-12-02 17:01 +0000

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