Document the VERSION weirdness (see #68)

polm · polm · commit 99e2ae15b94a · 2021-06-23T22:41:58.000+09:00
diff --git a/src/MeCab/__init__.py b/src/MeCab/__init__.py
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ def _reexport_filtered(thismod, submod):
 #
 # Version information
 #
+# Note that this is the version of MeCab, not of mecab-python3. Since MeCab
+# hasn't been updated since roughly 2013 this has been 0.996 for years and is
+# unlikely to ever change.
+#
+# This is preserved to avoid breaking API compatibility, but should be removed
+# in v2, should that ever happen.
+#
 
 VERSION = _MeCab.Tagger_version()
 __all__.append("VERSION")

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ def _reexport_filtered(thismod, submod):`
`40`	`40`	`#`
`41`	`41`	`# Version information`
`42`	`42`	`#`
	`43`	`+# Note that this is the version of MeCab, not of mecab-python3. Since MeCab`
	`44`	`+# hasn't been updated since roughly 2013 this has been 0.996 for years and is`
	`45`	`+# unlikely to ever change.`
	`46`	`+#`
	`47`	`+# This is preserved to avoid breaking API compatibility, but should be removed`
	`48`	`+# in v2, should that ever happen.`
	`49`	`+#`
`43`	`50`
`44`	`51`	`VERSION = _MeCab.Tagger_version()`
`45`	`52`	`__all__.append("VERSION")`