1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/methods.py b/methods.py
index 42eac7ca75..d8e90a8da5 100644
--- a/methods.py
+++ b/methods.py
@@ -660,3 +660,10 @@ def detect_darwin_sdk_path(platform, env):
             print("Failed to find SDK path while running xcrun --sdk {} --show-sdk-path.".format(sdk_name))
             raise
 
+def get_compiler_version(env):
+    version = decode_utf8(subprocess.check_output([env['CXX'], '--version']).strip())
+    match = re.search('[0-9][0-9.]*', version)
+    if match is not None:
+        return match.group().split('.')
+    else:
+        return None