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+/*************************************************
+* Version Information Source File                *
+* (C) 1999-2007 The Botan Project                *
+*************************************************/
+
+#include <botan/version.h>
+#include <botan/parsing.h>
+
+namespace Botan {
+
+/*************************************************
+* Return the version as a string                 *
+*************************************************/
+std::string version_string()
+   {
+   return "Botan " + to_string(version_major()) + "." +
+                     to_string(version_minor()) + "." +
+                     to_string(version_patch());
+   }
+
+/*************************************************
+* Return parts of the version as integers        *
+*************************************************/
+u32bit version_major() { return BOTAN_VERSION_MAJOR; }
+u32bit version_minor() { return BOTAN_VERSION_MINOR; }
+u32bit version_patch() { return BOTAN_VERSION_PATCH; }
+
+}