code: def numpy_older_than(ver: str) -> bool:
      """Returns True if the numpy version is older than the given version."""
      import numpy  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
  
      return version(numpy.__version__) < version(ver)
  
label_desc: Use image node_id 1 for calling a global function with example usage: numpy_older_than(ver) and returns: unknown