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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2010-08-01 19:17:57 (GMT) |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2010-08-01 19:17:57 (GMT) |
| commit | 611f8f5e8eb2742fd720dc0280e77b8d634639cb (patch) | |
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Merged revisions 83352,83355-83358,83362,83366,83368-83369 via svnmerge from
svn+ssh://svn.python.org/python/branches/py3k
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r83352 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-31 20:11:07 +0200 (Sa, 31 Jul 2010) | 1 line
#9440: Remove borderline test case that fails based on unpredictable conditions such as compiler flags.
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r83355 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-31 21:17:11 +0200 (Sa, 31 Jul 2010) | 1 line
Fix bad merge: test_support -> support.
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r83356 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-31 21:29:15 +0200 (Sa, 31 Jul 2010) | 1 line
Remove trailing whitespace.
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r83357 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-31 21:59:55 +0200 (Sa, 31 Jul 2010) | 1 line
#5778: document that sys.version can contain a newline.
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r83358 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-31 22:05:31 +0200 (Sa, 31 Jul 2010) | 1 line
#9442: do not document a specific format for sys.version; rather refer to version_info and the platform module.
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r83362 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-31 23:12:15 +0200 (Sa, 31 Jul 2010) | 1 line
#8910: add a file explaining why Lib/test/data is there.
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r83366 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-31 23:26:40 +0200 (Sa, 31 Jul 2010) | 1 line
There always is a False and True now.
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r83368 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-31 23:40:15 +0200 (Sa, 31 Jul 2010) | 1 line
#7909: the prefixes \\.\ and \\?\ indicate special Windows paths, do not try to manipulate them. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247%28VS.85%29.aspx for details.
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r83369 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-31 23:41:42 +0200 (Sa, 31 Jul 2010) | 1 line
Fix "Berkeley" name.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst index 67f335b..4586793 100644 --- a/Doc/library/sys.rst +++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst @@ -853,14 +853,10 @@ always available. .. data:: version A string containing the version number of the Python interpreter plus additional - information on the build number and compiler used. It has a value of the form - ``'version (#build_number, build_date, build_time) [compiler]'``. The first - three characters are used to identify the version in the installation - directories (where appropriate on each platform). An example:: - - >>> import sys - >>> sys.version - '1.5.2 (#0 Apr 13 1999, 10:51:12) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)]' + information on the build number and compiler used. This string is displayed + when the interactive interpreter is started. Do not extract version information + out of it, rather, use :data:`version_info` and the functions provided by the + :mod:`platform` module. .. data:: api_version |