This is called sys.version, right? On Thu, Nov 19, 2020, 3:21 PM William Pickard <lollol22...@gmail.com> wrote:
> TL/DR: A new built-in attribute who's purpose is to provide a simple way > for developers to detect the Python implementation like CPython, JPython, > IronPython and PyPy among other information. > > Ok, so the reason I'm suggesting this is for another suggestion I'll > submit a later date (once I feel this one has ran it's course, or the > contributors decide about it). > The goal of this attribute (as mentioned above) is to provide developers > quick and simple information about the Python runtime like whether or not > it's running on CPython or PyPy and other details. > > Key information this attribute provides is implementation's name (ex: > CPython), implementation's version (may be independent of Python's) and > Python's version (ex: 3.10) > Optional information can include the platform's name/architecture, whether > or not it's a JIT/Interpreter/BOTH environment. > This attribute is also flexible so implementators can also provide > attributes to show information like whether or not it mimics another > implementation, or information unique (or mimic'd) about it. > > Another TL/DR: I suck at communicating ideas across, but I hope you get > the idea behind it. > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/NF354OUXTXHXP3TF4LB65VDDEFKSASJN/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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