cpython version

[Chris Angelico]

On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 10:24 PM, Larry Martell <larry.martell at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 8:22 AM, Larry Martell <larry.martell at gmail.com> wrote:
>> For the first time in my 30+ year career I am, unfortunately, working
>> on Windows.  A package I need, rpy2, comes in various flavors for
>> different cpython versions:
>>
>> rpy2‑2.7.8‑cp27‑none‑win32.whl
>> rpy2‑2.7.8‑cp27‑none‑win_amd64.whl
>> rpy2‑2.7.8‑cp34‑none‑win32.whl
>> rpy2‑2.7.8‑cp34‑none‑win_amd64.whl
>> rpy2‑2.7.8‑cp35‑none‑win32.whl
>> rpy2‑2.7.8‑cp35‑none‑win_amd64.whl
>> rpy2‑2.8.6‑cp35‑cp35m‑win32.whl
>> rpy2‑2.8.6‑cp35‑cp35m‑win_amd64.whl
>> rpy2‑2.8.6‑cp36‑cp36m‑win32.whl
>> rpy2‑2.8.6‑cp36‑cp36m‑win_amd64.whl
>>
>> I am running python version 2.7.13. How can I find out my cpython version?
>
> Never mind - not enough sleep or coffee. Obviously cp27 for python 2.7.

Correct. I'd take it one further, though, and suggest that you
shouldn't need to match it yourself; just use pip to download and
install the right wheel. It'll match versions, architectures, and
anything else it needs to match.

ChrisA