How can I get the version defined in setup.py (setuptools) in my package?

Question

How could I get the version defined in setup.py from my package (for --version, or other purposes)?

Answer 1

Cleaning up https://stackoverflow.com/a/12413800 from @gringo-suave:

from itertools import ifilter
from os import path
from ast import parse

with open(path.join('package_name', '__init__.py')) as f:
    __version__ = parse(next(ifilter(lambda line: line.startswith('__version__'),
                                     f))).body[0].value.s