closes bpo-43278: remove unnecessary leading '\n' from COMPILER when build with GCC/Clang (GH-24606)
Automerge-Triggered-By: GH:benjaminp
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2021-02-21-15-30-38.bpo-43278.DMPaWH.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2021-02-21-15-30-38.bpo-43278.DMPaWH.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7df9295
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2021-02-21-15-30-38.bpo-43278.DMPaWH.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Always put compiler and system information on the first line of the REPL welcome message.
diff --git a/Python/getcompiler.c b/Python/getcompiler.c
index 59c0dbf..a5d2623 100644
--- a/Python/getcompiler.c
+++ b/Python/getcompiler.c
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
// Note the __clang__ conditional has to come before the __GNUC__ one because
// clang pretends to be GCC.
#if defined(__clang__)
-#define COMPILER "\n[Clang " __clang_version__ "]"
+#define COMPILER "[Clang " __clang_version__ "]"
#elif defined(__GNUC__)
-#define COMPILER "\n[GCC " __VERSION__ "]"
+#define COMPILER "[GCC " __VERSION__ "]"
// Generic fallbacks.
#elif defined(__cplusplus)
#define COMPILER "[C++]"