Repository: Project-MONAI/MONAI
File: monai/utils/module.py (Python)

Code before:
            return val
        except ValueError:
            return val

    # remove git version suffixes if present
    lhs = lhs.split("+", 1)[0]
    rhs = rhs.split("+", 1)[0]

    # parse the version strings in this basic way without `packaging` package
    lhs_ = map(_try_cast, lhs.split("."))
    rhs_ = map(_try_cast, rhs.split("."))
    return lhs_, rhs_


def version_leq(lhs: str, rhs: str) -> bool:
    """
    Returns True if version `lhs` is earlier or equal to `rhs`.

    Args:
        lhs: version name to compare with `rhs`, return True if earlier or equal to `rhs`.
        rhs: version name to compare with `lhs`, return True if later or equal to `lhs`.

    """

    lhs, rhs = str(lhs), str(rhs)
    has_ver = optional_import("packaging")
    if has_ver:
        try:
            return cast(bool, version(lhs) <= version(rhs))
        except version.InvalidVersion:
            return True

    lhs_, rhs_ = parse_version_strs(lhs, rhs)
    for l, r in zip(lhs_, rhs_):
        if l != r:
            if isinstance(l, int) and isinstance(r, int):
                return l < r
            return f"{l}" < f"{r}"

    return True


def version_geq(lhs: str, rhs: str) -> bool:
    """
    Returns True if version `lhs` is later or equal to `rhs`.

    Args:
        lhs: version name to compare with `rhs`, return True if later or equal to `rhs`.
        rhs: version name to compare with `lhs`, return True if earlier or equal to `lhs`.

    """

Review comment (suggestion):
Please change the code like this, and remove the import above and try to use `pkging.version` below.
```suggestion
    pkging, has_ver = optional_import("packaging")
```


Code after:
            return val

    # remove git version suffixes if present
    lhs = lhs.split("+", 1)[0]
    rhs = rhs.split("+", 1)[0]

    # parse the version strings in this basic way without `packaging` package
    lhs_ = map(_try_cast, lhs.split("."))
    rhs_ = map(_try_cast, rhs.split("."))
    return lhs_, rhs_


def version_leq(lhs: str, rhs: str) -> bool:
    """
    Returns True if version `lhs` is earlier or equal to `rhs`.

    Args:
        lhs: version name to compare with `rhs`, return True if earlier or equal to `rhs`.
        rhs: version name to compare with `lhs`, return True if later or equal to `lhs`.

    """

    lhs, rhs = str(lhs), str(rhs)
    pkging, has_ver = optional_import("packaging.Version")
    if has_ver:
        try:
            return cast(bool, pkging.version.Version(lhs) <= pkging.version.Version(rhs))
        except pkging.version.InvalidVersion:
            return True

    lhs_, rhs_ = parse_version_strs(lhs, rhs)
    for l, r in zip(lhs_, rhs_):
        if l != r:
            if isinstance(l, int) and isinstance(r, int):
                return l < r
            return f"{l}" < f"{r}"

    return True


def version_geq(lhs: str, rhs: str) -> bool:
    """
    Returns True if version `lhs` is later or equal to `rhs`.

    Args:
        lhs: version name to compare with `rhs`, return True if later or equal to `rhs`.
        rhs: version name to compare with `lhs`, return True if earlier or equal to `lhs`.

    """
    lhs, rhs = str(lhs), str(rhs)
    pkging, has_ver = optional_import("packaging.Version")