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#define ARES__VERSION_H

#define ARES_VERSION_MAJOR 1

#define ARES_VERSION_MINOR 2

#define ARES_VERSION_MINOR 3

#define ARES_VERSION_PATCH 0

#define ARES_VERSION ((ARES_VERSION_MAJOR<<16)|\

                       (ARES_VERSION_MINOR<<8)|\

                       (ARES_VERSION_PATCH))

#define ARES_VERSION_STR "1.2.0"

#define ARES_VERSION_STR "1.3.0"

const char *ares_version(int *version);