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| author | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 2000-05-10 13:25:32 (GMT) |
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| committer | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 2000-05-10 13:25:32 (GMT) |
| commit | da5cc82d5919318c33393ba0a0dc90e4552f011d (patch) | |
| tree | 019dcd54984de5a6934198f274812c58668548a6 /PC | |
| parent | 230cae7474858a8ce2147849a7a00a5501564641 (diff) | |
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Trent Mick:
Use "win32" for sys.platform on Win64 instead of "win32" because:
1. While it may be confusing to the Python scriptor on Win64 that he has to
check for win*32*, that is something that he will learn the first time. It
is better than the alternative of the scriptor happily using "win64" and
then that code not running on Win32 for no good reason.
2. The main question is: is Win64 so much more like Win32 than different from
it that the common-case general Python programmer should not ever have to
make the differentiation in his Python code. Or, at least, enough so that
such differentiation by the Python scriptor is rare enough that some other
provided mechanism is sufficient (even preferable). Currently the answer
is yes. Hopefully MS will not change this answer.
Diffstat (limited to 'PC')
| -rw-r--r-- | PC/config.h | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/PC/config.h b/PC/config.h index 13da33f..1491e32 100644 --- a/PC/config.h +++ b/PC/config.h @@ -234,7 +234,10 @@ typedef int pid_t; /* End of compilers - finish up */ #if defined(MS_WIN64) -#define PLATFORM "win64" +/* maintain "win32" sys.platform for backward compatibility of Python code, + the Win64 API should be close enough to the Win32 API to make this + preferable */ +#define PLATFORM "win32" #define SIZEOF_VOID_P 8 #elif defined(MS_WIN32) #define PLATFORM "win32" |