numpy.distutils.ccompiler.simple_version_match

distutils.ccompiler. simple_version_match ( pat='[-.\\d]+', ignore='', start='' ) [source]

Simple matching of version numbers, for use in CCompiler and FCompiler.

Parameters

pat str, optional

A regular expression matching version numbers. Default is r'[-.\d]+'.

ignore str, optional

A regular expression matching patterns to skip. Default is '', in which case nothing is skipped.

start str, optional

A regular expression matching the start of where to start looking for version numbers. Default is '', in which case searching is started at the beginning of the version string given to matcher.

Returns

matcher callable

A function that is appropriate to use as the .version_match attribute of a CCompiler class. matcher takes a single parameter, a version string.