[DB-SIG] How can I detect 64 bit versions of Python?

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Daniele Varrazzo wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 10:19 PM, Vernon Cole <vernondcole at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> So, how can I tell which "width" of Python I am running, so I know which
>> connection string to use?
> 
> I use sys.maxint, which is 2^63-1 on 64 bit and 2^31-1 on 32 bit. It's
> not available on py3, but sys.maxsize is available on both, and it's
> probably equivalent.

Better use sys.maxsize :-)

sys.maxint is 2**31-1 on Windows x64, since MS chose not to change the
size of longs on Win64.

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