More general dynamic versioning

urschrei · Oct 1, 2023 · 86e2d4d · 86e2d4d
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diff --git a/src/simplification/__init__.py b/src/simplification/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-from importlib.metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError
+import importlib.metadata
 
 try:
-    __version__ = version("simplification")
-except PackageNotFoundError:
-    # If the package is not installed, don't add __version__
-    pass
+    # __package__ allows for the case where __name__ is "__main__"
+    __version__ = importlib.metadata.version(__package__ or __name__)
+except importlib.metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
+    __version__ = "0.0.0"