code: def _version_predates(lib: ModuleType, version: str) -> bool:
      """Helper function for checking version compatibility."""
      return Version(lib.__version__) < Version(version)
  
imports: import os
  import inspect
  import warnings
  import colorsys
  from contextlib import contextmanager
  from urllib.request import urlopen, urlretrieve
  from types import ModuleType
  import numpy
  import pandas
  import matplotlib
  from matplotlib.colors import to_rgb
  import matplotlib.pyplot
  from matplotlib.cbook import normalize_kwargs
  from seaborn._core.typing import deprecated
  from seaborn.external.version import Version
  from seaborn.external.appdirs import user_cache_dir
label_desc: Use image node_id 28 for calling a global function with example usage: _version_predates(lib, version) and returns: unknown