added utilization of __version__

Author: ymahlich

coderdata/__init__.py

@@ -5,3 +5,16 @@
     Dataset,
     load,
 )
+
+# '_version.py' will be generated by hatchling once the switch away from
+# setuptools.py is finished
+try:
+    from ._version import __version__
+except ImportError:
+    __version__ = '0.1.40'
+try:
+    from ._version import __version_tuple__
+except ImportError:
+    __version_tuple__ = (0, 1, 40)
+
+from .utils.utils import version

coderdata/utils/utils.py

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+"""
+Collection of small utility and helper functions. 
+"""
+from .. import __version__
+from .. import __version_tuple__
+
+def version():
+    return {
+        'package' : __version__,
+        'dataset' : f"{__version_tuple__[0]}.{__version_tuple__[1]}"
+        }
+
+