tax">Template Invocation syntax</a>
  </dd>
  <dt><h4><code>
    la.get_library_version()
  </code></h4></dt>
  <dd>
    Returns an unsigned integer containing the version number of the serialization
    library that created the archive. This number will be incremented each time the 
    library is altered in such a way that serialization could be altered for some type.  
    For example, suppose the type used for a count of collection members is changed.  
    The code that loads collections might be condi