Add a function to parse a version string to a version info tuple.

README.rst

@@ -48,6 +48,15 @@ This module provides just couple of functions, main of which are:
     ...     'major': 3, 'minor': 4, 'patch': 5,
     ...     'prerelease': 'pre.2', 'build': 'build.4'}
     True
+    >>> version_info = semver.parse_version_info("3.4.5-pre.2+build.4")
+    >>> version_info
+    VersionInfo(major=3, minor=4, patch=5, prerelease='pre.2', build='build.4')
+    >>> version_info.major
+    3
+    >>> version_info > (1, 0)
+    True
+    >>> version_info < (3, 5)
+    True
     >>> semver.bump_major("3.4.5")
     '4.0.0'
     >>> semver.bump_minor("3.4.5")

semver.py

@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 """
 Python helper for Semantic Versioning (http://semver.org/)
 """
+
+import collections
 import re
 
+
 __version__ = '2.6.0'
 __author__ = 'Konstantine Rybnikov'
 __author_email__ = 'k-bx@k-bx.com'
@@ -37,6 +40,21 @@ def parse(version):
     return version_parts
 
 
+VersionInfo = collections.namedtuple(
+        'VersionInfo', 'major minor patch prerelease build')
+
+def parse_version_info(version):
+    """
+    Parse version string to a VersionInfo instance.
+    """
+    parts = parse(version)
+    version_info = VersionInfo(
+            parts['major'], parts['minor'], parts['patch'],
+            parts['prerelease'], parts['build'])
+
+    return version_info
+
+
 def compare(ver1, ver2):
     def nat_cmp(a, b):
         def convert(text):