code: def check_ctcdecoder_version():
      ds_version_s = (
          open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "../VERSION"))
          .read()
          .strip()
      )
  
      try:
          # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
          from ds_ctcdecoder import __version__ as decoder_version
      except ImportError as e:
          if e.msg.find("__version__") > 0:
              print(
                  "DeepSpeech version ({ds_version}) requires CTC decoder to expose __version__. "
                  "Please upgrade the ds_ctcdecoder package to version {ds_version}".format(
                      ds_version=ds_version_s
                  )
              )
              sys.exit(1)
          raise e
  
      rv = semver.compare(ds_version_s, decoder_version)
      if rv != 0:
          print(
              "DeepSpeech version ({}) and CTC decoder version ({}) do not match. "
              "Please ensure matching versions are in use.".format(
                  ds_version_s, decoder_version
              )
          )
          sys.exit(1)
  
      return rv
  
imports: import os
  import sys
  import time
  import heapq
  import semver
  import random
  from multiprocessing import Pool
  from collections import namedtuple
label_desc: Use image node_id 4 for calling a global function with example usage: check_ctcdecoder_version() and returns: rv