Add getPythonVersion to PythonMapping.Config

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/python/test/Ice/asyncio/test.py b/python/test/Ice/asyncio/test.py
index 8df759f8107..c688472887d 100644
--- a/python/test/Ice/asyncio/test.py
+++ b/python/test/Ice/asyncio/test.py
@@ -5,13 +5,6 @@
 
 
 # This test requires asyncio methods which are only available with Python 3.7
-# We want to check the version of the python interpreter used to run the tests
-# not the version of the python interpreter running this script see --python option
 
-version = subprocess.check_output([currentConfig.python,
-                                   "-c",
-                                   "import sys; print(f\"{sys.version_info[0]}.{sys.version_info[1]}\")"], text=True)
-version = tuple(int(num) for num in version.split("."))
-
-if version >= (3, 7):
+if currentConfig.getPythonVersion() >= (3, 7):
     TestSuite(__name__)
diff --git a/scripts/Util.py b/scripts/Util.py
index 7497cee2096..92a8427c65f 100644
--- a/scripts/Util.py
+++ b/scripts/Util.py
@@ -3688,6 +3688,17 @@ class PythonMapping(CppBasedMapping):
 
         def __init__(self, options=[]):
             Mapping.Config.__init__(self, options)
+            self.pythonVersion = None
+
+        def getPythonVersion(self):
+            if self.pythonVersion is None:
+                version = subprocess.check_output(
+                    [currentConfig.python,
+                     "-c",
+                     "import sys; print(\"{0}.{1}\".format(sys.version_info[0], sys.version_info[1]))"],
+                    text=True)
+                self.pythonVersion = tuple(int(num) for num in version.split("."))
+            return self.pythonVersion
 
     def getCommandLine(self, current, process, exe, args):
         return "\"{0}\"  {1} {2} {3}".format(current.config.python,