[PyQt] Version strings in Qt 4.8 PyQt 4.9

[Phil Thompson]

On Wed, 6 Feb 2013 14:53:39 -0800, David Cortesi <davecortesi at gmail.com>
wrote:
>>> Everything seems to work correctly except this small thing: it used to
>>> be that I could get version strings from Qt.PYQT_VERSION_STR and
>>> Qt.qVersion() but now those attributes of Qt are undefined.
>>>
>>> Does this indicate that I've done something wrong in the installation?
> 
>> Works fine for me.
>> Phil
> 
> I deleted Qt and every PyQt- and sip-related file I could find.
> I installed a new Python 2.7.3 from python.org and reset my
> .profile PYTHONHOME to address it. Tested. Works.
> 
> I downloaded and ran the installer for Qt 4.8.4. It reported success.
> 
> I downloaded and ran the PyQtX 4.9.4 installer from sourceforge
> and it displayed a window with "PyQt4 and Qt are working!" or
> words to that effect. Woo-hoo!
> 
>     [14:38 ~] python
>     Python 2.7.3 (v2.7.3:70274d53c1dd, Apr  9 2012, 20:52:43)
>     [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)] on darwin
>     Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more
information.
>     >>> from PyQt4.QtCore import Qt
>     >>> Qt.PYQT_VERSION_STR
>     Traceback (most recent call last):
>        File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>       AttributeError: type object 'Qt' has no attribute
'PYQT_VERSION_STR'
>     >>> Qt.qVersion()
>     Traceback (most recent call last):
>       File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>       AttributeError: type object 'Qt' has no attribute 'qVersion'
> 
> BUT HOWEVER!
> 
>     >>> import PyQt4.QtCore as QtCore
>     >>>  QtCore.PYQT_VERSION_STR
>     '4.9.4'
>     >>> QtCore.QT_VERSION_STR
>     '4.8.2'
> 
> So I dunno. Those'll do, but didn't the Qt.ones exist before?

No. They exist in PyQt4.Qt, not in PyQt4.QtCore.Qt.

> Also I note that the PyQtX package seems to have down-leveled
> my Qt 4.8.4, or some part of it. I wonder what parts?

Phil