commit 721507b315eb9bc0ec53b56cbbd8404e5abbd98b
author Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> Sat Jul 31 19:59:55 2010 +0000
committer Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> Sat Jul 31 19:59:55 2010 +0000
tree be55bd83617410db8083f8b4bdc29d0ab0334e58
parent e87c0e1eaf56a7e4e3d19eb89fd26e8c4a5217d3

#5778: document that sys.version can contain a newline.

Doc/library/sys.rst

diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst
index 770c267..0e90ac0 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sys.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst
@@ -936,8 +936,9 @@
 
    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