determine 32 or 64 bit architecture with python 2.2

[Evan Klitzke]

On 6/19/07, Kai Rosenthal <kairosenthal at tiscali.de> wrote:
> Hello,
> how can I determine the architecture (32 or 64bit) with python 2.2 on
> Windows or Unix (AIX, Solaris) OS, without the modul platform?
> Thanks for your hints, Kai

For Unix systems you can probably use os.uname() and check what
architecture the kernel is built for. For example,

evan at thinkpad ~ $ python -c 'import os; print os.uname()[4]'
i686

As you can see, I'm on a 32 bit system.

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Evan Klitzke <evan at yelp.com>