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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# vim: set fileencoding=utf-8 :
+# Andre Anjos <andre.anjos@idiap.ch>
+# Fri 21 Sep 2012 10:47:05 CEST 
+
+"""Returns the currently compiled version number"""
+
+__version__ = __import__('pkg_resources').get_distribution('flandmark').version