[Python-Dev] Python 2.7 patch levels turning two digit

[Chris Angelico]

On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 7:37 AM, M.-A. Lemburg <mal at egenix.com> wrote:
> There are no places in the stdlib that parse sys.version in a
> way that would break wtih 2.7.10, AFAIK. I was just referring
> to the statement that Nick quoted. sys.version *is* used for
> parsing the Python version or using parts of it to build
> e.g. filenames and that's really no surprise.

Right, good to know. I thought you were implying that stuff would
break. Yes, stuff definitely does parse out the version number from
sys.version, lots of that happens.

ChrisA