simply use the Python version for pyexpat.__version__ #12221
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index f41f895..2fc7b47 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
*Release date: 2011-06-XX*
+Extension Modules
+-----------------
+
+- Issue #1221: Make pyexpat.__version__ equal to the Python version.
+
What's New in Python 2.7.2 release candidate 1?
===============================================
diff --git a/Modules/pyexpat.c b/Modules/pyexpat.c
index 3bd68a9..3d04ca8 100644
--- a/Modules/pyexpat.c
+++ b/Modules/pyexpat.c
@@ -1792,26 +1792,6 @@
PyDoc_STRVAR(pyexpat_module_documentation,
"Python wrapper for Expat parser.");
-/* Return a Python string that represents the version number without the
- * extra cruft added by revision control, even if the right options were
- * given to the "cvs export" command to make it not include the extra
- * cruft.
- */
-static PyObject *
-get_version_string(void)
-{
- static char *rcsid = "$Revision$";
- char *rev = rcsid;
- int i = 0;
-
- while (!isdigit(Py_CHARMASK(*rev)))
- ++rev;
- while (rev[i] != ' ' && rev[i] != '\0')
- ++i;
-
- return PyString_FromStringAndSize(rev, i);
-}
-
/* Initialization function for the module */
#ifndef MODULE_NAME
@@ -1841,6 +1821,7 @@
PyObject *modelmod_name;
PyObject *model_module;
PyObject *sys_modules;
+ PyObject *version;
static struct PyExpat_CAPI capi;
PyObject* capi_object;
@@ -1872,7 +1853,10 @@
Py_INCREF(&Xmlparsetype);
PyModule_AddObject(m, "XMLParserType", (PyObject *) &Xmlparsetype);
- PyModule_AddObject(m, "__version__", get_version_string());
+ version = PyString_FromString(PY_VERSION);
+ if (!version)
+ return;
+ PyModule_AddObject(m, "__version__", version);
PyModule_AddStringConstant(m, "EXPAT_VERSION",
(char *) XML_ExpatVersion());
{