Make functions more general purpose and update docstrings and tests

spacy/cli/validate.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from wasabi import msg
 
 from .. import about
 from ..util import get_package_version, get_installed_models, get_base_version
-from ..util import get_package_path, get_model_meta, is_compatible_model
+from ..util import get_package_path, get_model_meta, is_compatible_version
 
 
 def validate():
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def get_model_pkgs():
             model_path = get_package_path(package)
             model_meta = get_model_meta(model_path)
             spacy_version = model_meta.get("spacy_version", "n/a")
-            is_compat = is_compatible_model(spacy_version)
+            is_compat = is_compatible_version(about.__version__, spacy_version)
         pkgs[pkg_name] = {
             "name": package,
             "version": version,

spacy/tests/test_misc.py

@@ -94,16 +94,18 @@ def test_ascii_filenames():
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "version,compatible",
+    "version,constraint,compatible",
     [
-        (spacy_version, True),
-        (f">={spacy_version}", True),
-        ("2.0.0", False),
-        (">=2.0.0", True),
-        (">=1.0.0,<2.1.1", False),
-        (">=1.2.3,<4.5.6", True),
-        ("n/a", None),
+        (spacy_version, spacy_version, True),
+        (spacy_version, f">={spacy_version}", True),
+        ("3.0.0", "2.0.0", False),
+        ("3.2.1", ">=2.0.0", True),
+        ("2.2.10a1", ">=1.0.0,<2.1.1", False),
+        ("3.0.0.dev3", ">=1.2.3,<4.5.6", True),
+        ("n/a", ">=1.2.3,<4.5.6", None),
+        ("1.2.3", "n/a", None),
+        ("n/a", "n/a", None),
     ],
 )
-def test_is_compatible_model(version, compatible):
-    assert util.is_compatible_model(version) is compatible
+def test_is_compatible_version(version, constraint, compatible):
+    assert util.is_compatible_version(version, constraint) is compatible

spacy/util.py

@@ -238,17 +238,27 @@ def get_package_version(name):
         return None
 
 
-def is_compatible_model(constraint):
-    version = Version(about.__version__)
+def is_compatible_version(version, constraint, prereleases=True):
+    """Check if a version (e.g. "2.0.0") is compatible given a version
+    constraint (e.g. ">=1.9.0,<2.2.1"). If the constraint is a specific version,
+    it's interpreted as =={version}.
+
+    version (str): The version to check.
+    constraint (str): The constraint string.
+    prereleases (bool): Whether to allow prereleases. If set to False,
+        prerelease versions will be considered incompatible.
+    RETURNS (bool / None): Whether the version is compatible, or None if the
+        version or constraint are invalid.
+    """
+    # Handle cases where exact version is provided as constraint
     if constraint[0].isdigit():
-        # Handle cases where exact version is provided as constraint
         constraint = f"=={constraint}"
     try:
         spec = SpecifierSet(constraint)
-    except InvalidSpecifier:
+        version = Version(version)
+    except (InvalidSpecifier, InvalidVersion):
         return None
-    # Allow prereleases and dev versions
-    spec.prereleases = True
+    spec.prereleases = prereleases
     return version in spec
 
 
@@ -262,6 +272,11 @@ def get_model_version_range(spacy_version):
 
 
 def get_base_version(version):
+    """Generate the base version without any prerelease identifiers.
+
+    version (str): The version, e.g. "3.0.0.dev1".
+    RETURNS (str): The base version, e.g. "3.0.0".
+    """
     return Version(version).base_version