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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
+ ``'version (#build_number, build_date, build_time) [compiler]'``. There may be
+ a newline character preceding the opening bracket with of the compiler info.
+ The first three characters are used to identify the version in the installation
directories (where appropriate on each platform). An example::
>>> import sys