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diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst index 6ee6c49..55b744e 100644 --- a/Doc/library/sys.rst +++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst @@ -552,26 +552,15 @@ always available. Return a named tuple describing the Windows version currently running. The named elements are *major*, *minor*, *build*, *platform*, *service_pack*, *service_pack_minor*, - *service_pack_major*, *suite_mask*, and *product_type*. - *service_pack* contains a string while all other values are + *service_pack_major*, *suite_mask*, *product_type* and + *platform_version*. *service_pack* contains a string, + *platform_version* a 3-tuple and all other values are integers. The components can also be accessed by name, so ``sys.getwindowsversion()[0]`` is equivalent to ``sys.getwindowsversion().major``. For compatibility with prior versions, only the first 5 elements are retrievable by indexing. - *platform* may be one of the following values: - - +-----------------------------------------+-------------------------+ - | Constant | Platform | - +=========================================+=========================+ - | :const:`0 (VER_PLATFORM_WIN32s)` | Win32s on Windows 3.1 | - +-----------------------------------------+-------------------------+ - | :const:`1 (VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_WINDOWS)` | Windows 95/98/ME | - +-----------------------------------------+-------------------------+ - | :const:`2 (VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT)` | Windows NT/2000/XP/x64 | - +-----------------------------------------+-------------------------+ - | :const:`3 (VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_CE)` | Windows CE | - +-----------------------------------------+-------------------------+ + *platform* will be :const:`2 (VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT)`. *product_type* may be one of the following values: @@ -587,17 +576,23 @@ always available. | | a domain controller. | +---------------------------------------+---------------------------------+ - This function wraps the Win32 :c:func:`GetVersionEx` function; see the Microsoft documentation on :c:func:`OSVERSIONINFOEX` for more information about these fields. + *platform_version* returns the accurate major version, minor version and + build number of the current operating system, rather than the version that + is being emulated for the process. It is intended for use in logging rather + than for feature detection. + Availability: Windows. .. versionchanged:: 3.2 Changed to a named tuple and added *service_pack_minor*, *service_pack_major*, *suite_mask*, and *product_type*. + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + Added *platform_version* .. function:: get_coroutine_wrapper() |