VERSION = (1, 2, 0, "final")
__version__ = VERSION  # alias


def get_version():
    version = "%s.%s.%s" % (VERSION[0], VERSION[1], VERSION[2])
    if VERSION[3] != "final":
        first_letter = VERSION[3][0:1]
        try:
            suffix = VERSION[4]
        except IndexError:
            suffix = 0
        version = "%s%s%s" % (version, first_letter, suffix)
    return version
