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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(path=VERSION_PATH):
 """ Reads the python file defined in the VERSION_PATH to find the get_version function, and executes it to ensure that it is loaded correctly. Separating the version in this way ensures no additional code is executed. """

    namespace = {}
    exec(read(path), namespace)
    return namespace['get_version'](short=True)