minor enhancements

Author: shahmoradi

CHANGES.md

@@ -7,19 +7,19 @@ To access the latest release of the package, visit [the ParaMonte GitHub reposit
 
 ### **Version 1.1.0** -- May 27, 2020  
 
-**Bug fixes**  
+**New features**  
 
-+   The build Batch-script for examples on Windows now properly builds and runs coarray applications in parallel.
-+   The fully-deterministic restart functionality is now functional also when chainFileFormat="verbose" in ParaDRAM simulations.
++   ParaMonte Interface to MATLAB in addition to the currently-available C/C++/Fortran/Python Programming languages.  
 
 **Enhancements**  
 
-+   The simulation summary report in output report file has been improved.
++   The simulation summary report in the output report file has been improved.
 +   The error handling in the build Batch-scripts on Windows is now greatly improved.
 
-**New features**  
+**Bug fixes**  
 
-+   ParaMonte Interface to MATLAB in addition to the currently-available C/C++/Fortran/Python Programming languages.  
++   The build Batch-script for the ParaMonte examples on Windows now properly builds and runs coarray applications in parallel.
++   The fully-deterministic restart functionality is now functional also when chainFileFormat="verbose" in ParaDRAM simulations.
 
 **Compiler support**  
 

src/interface/Python/setup/setup.py

@@ -36,12 +36,9 @@
 
 import setuptools
 
-with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
-    readmeFileContents = fh.read()
+with open("README.md", "r") as fh: readmeFileContents = fh.read()
 
-with open("paramonte/.VERSION") as versionFile:
-    version = versionFile.readline()
-versionFile.close()
+with open("paramonte/auxil/.VERSION_INTERFACE") as versionFile: version = versionFile.readline()
 
 setuptools.setup( name                          = "paramonte"
                 , version                       = version