[REQUEST] add attribute __version__

[Salim9304]

The rich api changes frequently, requires access to the current version of lib rich (print (rich .__ version__)) from the python interpreter itself.

AttributeError: module 'rich' has no attribute '__version__'

[willmcgugan]

https://github.com/willmcgugan/rich/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aclosed++__version__

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[Salim9304]

https://github.com/willmcgugan/rich/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aclosed++__version__

The link is empty. I also could not find information on the __version request.
Can you tell us what you mean? 🤗

@willmcgugan

[willmcgugan]

Search issues for version

[Salim9304]

Solution I found (I'm sorry I wasted my time on this). It's not worth it.

 import pkg_resources
 pkg_resources.get_distribution("rich").version

9.5.0

I don't want to take this approach (it's slow and resource-intensive). I'm not even sure if it worked on my system, it might not work for others.
Better to duplicate code than importlib_metadata (comments on issues on this topic speak for themselves).
python-poetry/poetry#144