[issue42704] [macOS] [python3.7] : platform.machine() returns x86_64 on ARM machine

2020-12-21 Thread Malay Shah
Malay Shah added the comment: I downloaded it from : www.python.org/ftp/python/3.7.9/python-3.7.9-macosx10.9.pkg -- ___ Python tracker <https://bugs.python.org/issue42

[issue42704] [macOS] [python3.7] : platform.machine() returns x86_64 on ARM machine

2020-12-21 Thread Malay Shah
New submission from Malay Shah : there is a discrepancy in platform.machine() behaviour on mac ARM: In python2.7.16 , platform.machine() returns : "arm64" In python3.7.9 , platform.machine() returns : "x86_64" -- components: macOS messages: 383525 nosy: ned.d