On 03/02/2015 05:14 PM, Russell Keith-Magee wrote:

> And even if I'm wrong, and Android==Linux2 *is* a reasonable assumption - 
> there are still some cases where it's
> necessary to differentiate between desktop Linux and Android, so some sort of 
> "am I on Android?" check is going to be
> needed. 
> 
> My argument is that given that this check is going to be needed, why invent 
> something new? Why not just use
> "sys.platform == 'android'", and accept that third party developers using 
> sys.platform will need to make a small change
> to support this new platform, once they've established that their code will 
> actually run on Android - or make whatever
> changes are necessary to support the differences that exist.

I am strongly leaning towards having sys.platform == 'android' (and whatever is 
appropriate for the iDevices) .

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~Ethan~

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