Slow import due to __version__

[leonardgerardatomicmachinescom]

If the version is not embedded during wheel/distribution, it would be better to stop putting it there (or do it lazily).

importing importlib.metadata and calling it takes about 0.4s one the (slow) computer I am using. proto is meant to be lightweight and fast, this import takes more time than anything else when calling import betterproto

python-betterproto2/betterproto2/src/betterproto2/_version.py

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__version__ = metadata.version("betterproto2")

[benedikt-bartscher]

In my personal projects I mostly add a version.py which only has one constant which is updated by python-semantic-release. This way you don't need lazy loading and still have access to the version.

But I guess lazy loading is fine as well.