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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 my_version():
 """Return the version, checking both packaged and development locations"""

    if os.path.exists(resource_filename(__name__, 'version')):
        return resource_string(__name__, 'version')

    return open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),
                             "..", "version")).read()