Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] Macro for testing the version you are compiling with

On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 10:59:14AM -0600, Doug Goldstein wrote: > Added a macro similar to the Linux kernel's KERNEL_VERSION so that you > can simply do something like: > > #if LIBVIR_VERSION(1,1,3) <= LIBVIR_VERSION_NUMBER > /* Call function here that appeared in 1.1.3 and newer */ > virSomeNewFunction(); > #endif > --- > include/libvirt/libvirt.h.in | 10 ++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) I think it'd be better to have something like GLib's macro https://developer.gnome.org/glib/stable/glib-Version-Information.html#GLI... eg #if LIBVIRT_CHECK_VERSION(1,1,3) ...some code... #endif Of course this won't help the python binding - we'll need to actually provide that macro in the python binding so it can work with all old historic versions of libvirt.