Fix for VVM with non-fixed version pragma

[ritzdorf]

What I did

There was the following problem with non-fixed pragmas (vyper_version = 0.4.0):

import boa
boa.load("examples/simple.vy")

Leads to error:

vyper.exceptions.VersionException: Version specification "~=0.3.9" is not compatible with compiler version "0.4.0"

simple.vy:

# pragma version ^0.3.9
@external
def foo() -> uint256:
    x: uint256 = 1
    return x + 7

That happens because _detect_version returns None in this case, so VVM is not used, but compilation also fails.

So I changed _detect_version so that it:

1. Parses the full pragma (including >= or ^)
2. Decides on the right version depending on the pragma and the optionally provided vyper_version
3. Returns the right version

How I did it

• If a fixed version is specified: it is always returned
• If ^version is specified:
  • If the vyper_version is specified and allowed, the vyper_version is returned
  • Else, the minimum version is returned
• If >=version is specified:
  • If the vyper_version is specified and allowed, the vyper_version is returned
  • Else, the minimum version is returned

How to verify it

See the new tests I added

Description for the changelog

Parse version pragma more precisely to use vvm if necessary

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[charles-cooper]

@ritzdorf we just merged vyperlang/vvm@c9a294b in vvm, will that help address the issue here?

[DanielSchiavini]

@charles-cooper I guess we will need a release. But first I found this issue: vyperlang/vvm#24