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var Util = {
    versionString: '0.12.0.1', // Change this manually each version, or (better) assign Util.versionString from config or build script
    isOlderThan: function (thresholdVersionString) {
        return (Util.versionStringToFloat(Util.versionString) < Util.versionStringToFloat(thresholdVersionString));
    },
    // Converts a string of form '1.4.2' to an easily comparable decimal number 
    // Assumes sub-enumeration cannot reach 1000
    versionStringToFloat: function (versionString) {
        var splitVersion = versionString.split('.'),
            maxEnumeration = 1000;

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// WARNING: untested

// Override the default View.extend to automatically parse the events object upon class definition.
Backbone.View.originalExtend = Backbone.View.extend;
Backbone.View.extend = function (protoProps, classProps) {
    var downEvent = "touchup" in window ? "touchup" : "click";
    if (typeof(protoProps.events) === "object") {
        // Replace the word "down" in the events hash with platform-specific event type 
        _.each(protoProps.events, function replaceDown(triggerString, functionName, events) {
            var newTriggerStr = triggerStr.replace(/^down /, downEvent + ' ');