code: def get_version(package):
      
      init_py = codecs.open(os.path.join(package, '__init__.py'), encoding='utf-8').read()
      return re.search("^__version__ = ['\"]([^'\"]+)['\"]", init_py, re.MULTILINE).group(1)
docs: Return package version as listed in `__version__` in `init.py`.