VERSION = (1, 7, 3) # following PEP 386 DEV_N = None def get_version(): version = '{}.{}'.format(VERSION[0], VERSION[1]) if VERSION[2]: version = '{}.{}'.format(version, VERSION[2]) try: if VERSION[3]: version = '{}.{}'.format(version, VERSION[3]) except IndexError: pass return version __version__ = get_version()