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+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
+
+ FILE........: version.h
+ AUTHOR......: Tomas Härdin
+ DATE CREATED: 03 November 2017
+
+ Codec 2 VERSION #defines
+
+\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+/*
+ Copyright (C) 2017 Tomas Härdin
+
+ All rights reserved.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1, as
+ published by the Free Software Foundation. This program is
+ distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+ WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public
+ License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+//this functions both as an include guard and your typical HAVE macro
+#ifndef CODEC2_HAVE_VERSION
+#define CODEC2_HAVE_VERSION
+
+#define CODEC2_VERSION_MAJOR @CODEC2_VERSION_MAJOR@
+#define CODEC2_VERSION_MINOR @CODEC2_VERSION_MINOR@
+#cmakedefine CODEC2_VERSION_PATCH @CODEC2_VERSION_PATCH@
+#define CODEC2_VERSION "@CODEC2_VERSION@"
+
+#endif //CODEC2_HAVE_VERSION
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