Python/Numpy Module: __version__ Attribute

[ax3l]

@yyalli first of all thank you for the many and great updates in the last months! ✨

It would be fantastic if a adios.__version__ attribute would be supported.
This version represents the version of the ADIOS Python module, so currently 1.9.1b6 (not the version of the ADIOS release, currently 1.9.0, nor the version of ADIOS used to write a specific file).

Defined in PEP0396 for modules (also briefly mentioned in PEP8).

Examples:

import numpy as np
import h5py as h5
import adios

print(np.__version__)
print(h5.__version__)
# print(adios.__version__) # not implemented

# my current work-around
import pkg_resources;
print(pkg_resources.get_distribution('adios').version)

[jychoi-hpc]

Great suggestion. I will work on this soon.

[jychoi-hpc]

As of 1.9.1b7 release, I have added the version info (version).

[ax3l]

Thank you very much, that is great! ✨