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authorSerhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>2016-02-11 11:10:36 (GMT)
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Issue #25985: sys.version_info is now used instead of sys.version
to format short Python version.
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@@ -64,9 +64,10 @@ The header files are typically installed with Python. On Unix, these are
located in the directories :file:`{prefix}/include/pythonversion/` and
:file:`{exec_prefix}/include/pythonversion/`, where :envvar:`prefix` and
:envvar:`exec_prefix` are defined by the corresponding parameters to Python's
-:program:`configure` script and *version* is ``sys.version[:3]``. On Windows,
-the headers are installed in :file:`{prefix}/include`, where :envvar:`prefix` is
-the installation directory specified to the installer.
+:program:`configure` script and *version* is
+``'%d.%d' % sys.version_info[:2]``. On Windows, the headers are installed
+in :file:`{prefix}/include`, where :envvar:`prefix` is the installation
+directory specified to the installer.
To include the headers, place both directories (if different) on your compiler's
search path for includes. Do *not* place the parent directories on the search