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Update documentation for sys.winver to not say it's "normally the first three characters of version" #100894
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The build architecture is also included as a suffix, except for x64.
Lines 229 to 231 in 61762b9
Lines 79 to 85 in 61762b9
For example:
- "3.11-32"
- "3.11-arm32"
- "3.11-arm64"
There can also be a "-test" suffix (e.g.
build.bat --test-marker), but it's not a "normal" value. For example:- "3.11-test"
- "3.11-32-test"
- "3.11-arm32-test"
- "3.11-arm64-test"
- added a commit that references this issue
on Jan 12, 2023 That has not been true since Python 3.11
Since 3.10 actually :)
I'm okay with only documenting it as "usually". It is actually the most useful way to find out if you're running an ARM64 version of Python, but there's no need to document it as such.
Documentation
https://docs.python.org/3/library/sys.html#sys.winver says:
That has not been true since Python 3.11. It should probably be updated to say something like, "The value is normally the major and minor versions of the running Python interpreter," or something along those lines.
Linked PRs
sys.winver#100913sys.winverto clarify its usual contents (GH-100913) #100962sys.winverto clarify its usual contents (GH-100913) #100963