Function to get the current revision of arrayfire

Author: pavanky

arrayfire/util.py

@@ -75,12 +75,21 @@ def safe_call(af_error):
         raise RuntimeError(to_str(err_str), af_error)
 
 def get_version():
+    """
+    Function to get the version of arrayfire.
+    """
     major=ct.c_int(0)
     minor=ct.c_int(0)
     patch=ct.c_int(0)
     safe_call(backend.get().af_get_version(ct.pointer(major), ct.pointer(minor), ct.pointer(patch)))
     return major.value,minor.value,patch.value
 
+def get_reversion():
+    """
+    Function to get the revision hash of the library.
+    """
+    return to_str(backend.get().af_get_revision())
+
 to_dtype = {'f' : Dtype.f32,
             'd' : Dtype.f64,
             'b' : Dtype.b8,