We offer the version number "in parts" as well by introducing three new

defines.

include/curl/curl.h

@@ -45,7 +45,13 @@
    always a greater number in a more recent release. It makes comparisons with
    greater than and less than work.
 */
-#define LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM 0x070a08
+#define LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM 0x070a09
+
+/* The numeric version number is also available "in parts" by using these
+   defines: */
+#define LIBCURL_VERSION_MAJOR 7
+#define LIBCURL_VERSION_MINOR 10
+#define LIBCURL_VERSION_PATCH 9
 
 #include <stdio.h>