[issue10735] platform.architecture() gives misleading results for OS X multi-architecture executables

[Ned Deily]

Ned Deily <nad at acm.org> added the comment:

Adding a warning sounds like a good idea.  Is it reasonable to include a recommended cross-platform approach in the platform doc, like either the sys.maxsize test or the struct.calsize("P") test (which is used as a default fallback in platform.architecture)?  Are there any currently supported platforms where either of those wouldn't work?

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