def get_version():
contents = read_file(os.path.join('<STR_LIT>', '<STR_LIT>'))<EOL>version = re.search('<STR_LIT>', contents)<EOL>version = version.group(<NUM_LIT:1>).replace('<STR_LIT:U+002CU+0020>', '<STR_LIT:.>').strip()<EOL>return version<EOL>
Returns version number, without module import (which can lead to ImportError
    if some dependencies are unavailable before install.