Accessing python egg's own metadata
Question: I've produced a python egg using setuptools and would like to access it's
metadata at runtime. I currently got working this:

    
    
    import pkg_resources
    dist = pkg_resources.get_distribution("my_project")
    print(dist.version)
    

but this would probably work incorrectly if I had multiple versions of the
same egg installed. And if I have both installed egg and development version,
then running this code from development version would pick up version of the
installed egg.

So, how do I get metadata for _my_ egg not some random matching egg installed
on my system?


Answer: I am somewhat new to Python as well, but from what I understand:

Although you can install multiple versions of the "same" egg (having the same
name), only one of them will be available to any particular piece of code at
runtime (based on your discovery method). So if your egg is the one calling
this code, it must have already been selected as _the_ version of `my_project`
for this code, and your access will be to your own version.

