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Added missing macos return to sysconfig.get_platform()
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updated with exhaustive list and tests for >=11
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20 changes: 12 additions & 8 deletions Doc/library/sysconfig.rst
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exact information included depends on the OS; e.g., on Linux, the kernel
version isn't particularly important.

Examples of returned values:
Returned values:

Examples of Linux returned values:
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- linux-i586
- linux-i686
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- linux-alpha (?)
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- solaris-2.6-sun4u

Windows will return one of:
Windows platforms:

- win32 (32-bit Windows)
- win-amd64 (64-bit Windows on AMD64, aka x86_64, Intel64, and EM64T)
- win-arm64 (64-bit Windows on ARM64, aka AArch64)
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- win32 (all others - specifically, sys.platform is returned)
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- win-arm32 (32-bit Windows on ARM)
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Examples of macOS returned values:

macOS can return:
- macosx-10.13-x86_64
- macosx-11-universal2
- macosx-15.5-arm64

- macosx-10.6-ppc
- macosx-10.4-ppc64
- macosx-10.3-i386
- macosx-10.4-fat

For other non-POSIX platforms, currently just returns :data:`sys.platform`.

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31 changes: 22 additions & 9 deletions Lib/sysconfig/__init__.py
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exact information included depends on the OS; on Linux, the kernel version
isn't particularly important.

Examples of returned values:
linux-i586
linux-alpha (?)
solaris-2.6-sun4u
Returned values:

Windows will return one of:
win-amd64 (64-bit Windows on AMD64 (aka x86_64, Intel64, EM64T, etc)
win-arm64 (64-bit Windows on ARM64 (aka AArch64)
win32 (all others - specifically, sys.platform is returned)
Examples of Linux returned values:

For other non-POSIX platforms, currently just returns 'sys.platform'.
- linux-i586
- linux-i686
- linux-alpha (?)
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- solaris-2.6-sun4u

Windows platforms:

- win32 (32-bit Windows)
- win-amd64 (64-bit Windows on AMD64, aka x86_64, Intel64, and EM64T)
- win-arm64 (64-bit Windows on ARM64, aka AArch64)
- win-arm32 (32-bit Windows on ARM)

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Examples of macOS returned values:

- macosx-10.13-x86_64
- macosx-11-universal2
- macosx-15.5-arm64


For other non-POSIX platforms, currently just returns :data:`sys.platform`.

"""
if os.name == 'nt':
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7 changes: 7 additions & 0 deletions Lib/test/test_sysconfig.py
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self.assertEqual(get_platform(), 'macosx-10.4-%s' % arch)

for macver in range(11, 16):
_osx_support._remove_original_values(get_config_vars())
get_config_vars()['CFLAGS'] = ('-fno-strict-overflow -Wsign-compare -Wunreachable-code'
'-arch arm64 -fno-common -dynamic -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall')
get_config_vars()['MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'] = f"{macver}.0"
self.assertEqual(get_platform(), 'macosx-%d.0-arm64' % macver)

# linux debian sarge
os.name = 'posix'
sys.version = ('2.3.5 (#1, Jul 4 2007, 17:28:59) '
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