avoiding long paths to interpreter

[Erik Max Francis]

Robin Munn wrote:

> If you're dependent on a particular version of Python, then it makes
> the
> most sense to simply check sys.version_info as soon as possible, and
> exit gracefully with an appropriate error message, e.g.:
> 
>     import sys
> 
>     if sys.version_info < (2,2):    # Require at least Python 2.2

Neglecting you meant >= and not < here, it's worth pointing out that
sys.version_info itself only first made an appearance in version 2.0. 
Even sys.hexversion was only introduced in 1.5.2.

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