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r69331 | eric.smith | 2009-02-05 19:48:26 -0500 (Thu, 05 Feb 2009) | 2 lines
Implement issue #4285, convert sys.version_info to a named
tuple. Patch by Ross Light.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst
index aecef74..a00c516 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sys.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst
@@ -769,8 +769,12 @@
*micro*, *releaselevel*, and *serial*. All values except *releaselevel* are
integers; the release level is ``'alpha'``, ``'beta'``, ``'candidate'``, or
``'final'``. The ``version_info`` value corresponding to the Python version 2.0
- is ``(2, 0, 0, 'final', 0)``.
+ is ``(2, 0, 0, 'final', 0)``. The components can also be accessed by name,
+ so ``sys.version_info[0]`` is equivalent to ``sys.version_info.major``
+ and so on.
+ .. versionchanged:: 2.7
+ Added named component attributes
.. data:: warnoptions