[Tutor] command to determine of python 32 or 64 bit?

[Alan Gauld]

On 10/08/16 11:41, eryk sun wrote:

>> 32 or 64 bit. Is there any reliable way to determine at run time whether a python distribution
>> is 32 or 64 bit? 
> 
> Use platform.architecture()[0]. Currently the value will be either
> "32bit" or "64bit".

I assumed that was sys.platform?

But on my Linux box I only get the string 'linux'
for platform...
So is the architecture bit windows only? Or is it
a different 'platform'?

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