[Python] How to get the pandas version in Python with numpy >= 2.0.0 installed

One usually gets the pandas version in Python as follows:

import pandas
print(pandas.__version__)


However if numpy version 2.0.0 or higher is installed, and the pandas version is < 2.2.2 it typically crashes as follows on the import statement:



Is there a clever way to check the pandas version (within Python) in order to warn the user of this incompatibility instead of the user-unfriendly traceback dump?

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