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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def get_version():
 """Get the python-manta version without having to import the manta package, which requires deps to already be installed. """

    _globals = {}
    _locals = {}
    exec(
        compile(
            open(TOP + "/manta/version.py").read(), TOP + "/manta/version.py",
            'exec'), _globals, _locals)
    return _locals["__version__"]