New version identification scheme.

The version numbers are now exported by Python.h.
Also rolled back the API version change -- it's back to 1007!

Include/Python.h

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 
 /* Include nearly all Python header files */
 
+#include "patchlevel.h"
 #include "config.h"
 
 /* config.h may or may not define DL_IMPORT */

Include/modsupport.h

@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ extern DL_IMPORT(PyObject *) Py_BuildValue();
 extern DL_IMPORT(int) PyArg_VaParse Py_PROTO((PyObject *, char *, va_list));
 extern DL_IMPORT(PyObject *) Py_VaBuildValue Py_PROTO((char *, va_list));
 
-#define PYTHON_API_VERSION 1008
-#define PYTHON_API_STRING "1008"
+#define PYTHON_API_VERSION 1007
+#define PYTHON_API_STRING "1007"
 /* The API version is maintained (independently from the Python version)
    so we can detect mismatches between the interpreter and dynamically
    loaded modules.  These are diagnosticised by an error message but
@@ -76,7 +76,9 @@ extern DL_IMPORT(PyObject *) Py_VaBuildValue Py_PROTO((char *, va_list));
    Please add a line or two to the top of this log for each API
    version change:
 
-   3-Dec-1998	GvR	1008	Python 1.5.2
+   3-Jan-1999	GvR	1007	Decided to change back!  (Don't reuse 1008!)
+
+   3-Dec-1998	GvR	1008	Python 1.5.2b1
 
    18-Jan-1997	GvR	1007	string interning and other speedups
 

Include/patchlevel.h

-#define PATCHLEVEL "1.5.2b1"
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+
+******************************************************************/
+
+/* Newfangled version identification scheme.
+
+   This scheme was added in Python 1.5.2b2; before that time, only PATCHLEVEL
+   was available.  To test for presence of the scheme, test for
+   defined(PY_MAJOR_VERSION).
+
+   When the major or minor version changes, the VERSION variable in
+   configure.in must also be changed.
+
+   There is also (independent) API version information in modsupport.h.
+*/
+
+/* Values for PY_RELEASE_LEVEL */
+#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_ALPHA	0xA
+#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_BETA	0xB
+#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_FINAL	0xF	/* Serial should be 0 here */
+
+/* Version parsed out into numeric values */
+#define PY_MAJOR_VERSION	1
+#define PY_MINOR_VERSION	5
+#define PY_MICRO_VERSION	2
+#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL	PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_BETA
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	2
+
+/* Version as a string */
+#define PY_VERSION		"1.5.2b2"
+
+/* Historic */
+#define PATCHLEVEL		"1.5.2b2"
+
+/* Version as a single 4-byte hex number, e.g. 0x010502B2 == 1.5.2b2.
+   Use this for numeric comparisons, e.g. #if PY_VERSION_HEX >= ... */
+#define PY_VERSION_HEX ((PY_MAJOR_VERSION << 24) | \
+			(PY_MINOR_VERSION << 16) | \
+			(PY_MICRO_VERSION <<  8) | \
+			(PY_RELEASE_LEVEL <<  4) | \
+			(PY_RELEASE_SERIAL << 0))