[stdlib-sig] Proposal: new "interpreter" module

[Carl Friedrich Bolz]

Brett Cannon wrote:
[snip]
> Perhaps we should have sys.interpreter or sys.vm? That way e.g. Jython
> no longer has to override sys.platform to specify that VM-specific
> changes are in effect?

FWIW, PyPy has always been using various hacks to figure out what the
underlying implementation is. An official way to get at that info would
be very nice.

Cheers,

Carl Friedrich Bolz