old_contents: VERSION = (1, 0, 'alpha', 15)
  
  
  def get_version(join=' ', short=False):
      """
      Return the version of this package as a string.
  
      The version number is built from a ``VERSION`` tuple, which should consist
      of integers, or trailing version information (such as 'alpha', 'beta' or
      'final'). For example:
  
      >>> VERSION = (2, 0, 6)
      >>> get_version()
      '2.0.6'
  
      >>> VERSION = (1, 0, 'beta', 2)
      >>> get_version()
      '1.0 beta 2'
  
      Use the ``join`` argument to join the version elements by an alternate
      character to the default ``' '``. This is useful when building a distutils
      setup module::
  
          from this_package import get_version
  
          setup(
              version=get_version(join='-'),
              # ...
          )
  
      Use the ``short`` argument to get the version number without trailing
      version information.
  
      """
      version = []
      number = []
      remainder = []
      for i, bit in enumerate(VERSION):
          if isinstance(bit, int):
              number.append(str(bit))
          else:
              remainder = [str(bit) for bit in VERSION[i:]]
              break
      if number:
          version.append('.'.join(number))
      if not short:
          if remainder == ['alpha', 0]:
              version.append('pre-alpha')
          elif 'final' not in remainder:
              version.extend(remainder)
      return join.join(version)
  
new_contents: VERSION = (1, 0, 'alpha', 16)
  
  
  def get_version(join=' ', short=False):
      """
      Return the version of this package as a string.
  
      The version number is built from a ``VERSION`` tuple, which should consist
      of integers, or trailing version information (such as 'alpha', 'beta' or
      'final'). For example:
  
      >>> VERSION = (2, 0, 6)
      >>> get_version()
      '2.0.6'
  
      >>> VERSION = (1, 0, 'beta', 2)
      >>> get_version()
      '1.0 beta 2'
  
      Use the ``join`` argument to join the version elements by an alternate
      character to the default ``' '``. This is useful when building a distutils
      setup module::
  
          from this_package import get_version
  
          setup(
              version=get_version(join='-'),
              # ...
          )
  
      Use the ``short`` argument to get the version number without trailing
      version information.
  
      """
      version = []
      number = []
      remainder = []
      for i, bit in enumerate(VERSION):
          if isinstance(bit, int):
              number.append(str(bit))
          else:
              remainder = [str(bit) for bit in VERSION[i:]]
              break
      if number:
          version.append('.'.join(number))
      if not short:
          if remainder == ['alpha', 0]:
              version.append('pre-alpha')
          elif 'final' not in remainder:
              version.extend(remainder)
      return join.join(version)
  
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