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diff --git a/docs/library/sys.rst b/docs/library/sys.rst index c060f1d9ef..197efc8015 100644 --- a/docs/library/sys.rst +++ b/docs/library/sys.rst @@ -34,6 +34,24 @@ Constants The byte order of the system ("little" or "big"). +.. data:: implementation + + Object with information about the current Python implementation. For + MicroPython, it has following attributes: + + * `name` - string "micropython" + * `version` - tuple (major, minor, micro), e.g. (1, 7, 0) + + This object is the recommended way to distinguish MicroPython from other + Python implementations (note that it still may not exist in the very + minimal ports). + + .. admonition:: Difference to CPython + :class: attention + + CPython mandates more attributes for this object, but the actual useful + bare minimum is implemented in MicroPython. + .. data:: modules Dictionary of loaded modules. On some ports, it may not include builtin |