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bpo-46882: Clarify argument type of platform.platform(aliased, terse) to boolean by Rotzbua · Pull Request #31617 · python/cpython · GitHub

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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions Doc/library/platform.rst
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Expand Up @@ -63,20 +63,20 @@ Cross Platform
string is returned if the value cannot be determined.


.. function:: platform(aliased=0, terse=0)
.. function:: platform(aliased=False, terse=False)

Returns a single string identifying the underlying platform with as much useful
information as possible.

The output is intended to be *human readable* rather than machine parseable. It
may look different on different platforms and this is intended.

If *aliased* is true, the function will use aliases for various platforms that
If *aliased* is ``True``, the function will use aliases for various platforms that
report system names which differ from their common names, for example SunOS will
be reported as Solaris. The :func:`system_alias` function is used to implement
this.

Setting *terse* to true causes the function to return only the absolute minimum
Setting *terse* to ``True`` causes the function to return only the absolute minimum
information needed to identify the platform.

.. versionchanged:: 3.8
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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions Lib/platform.py
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Expand Up @@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@ def python_compiler():

_platform_cache = {}

def platform(aliased=0, terse=0):
def platform(aliased=False, terse=False):

""" Returns a single string identifying the underlying platform
with as much useful information as possible (but no more :).
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machine parseable. It may look different on different
platforms and this is intended.

If "aliased" is true, the function will use aliases for
If "aliased" is True, the function will use aliases for
various platforms that report system names which differ from
their common names, e.g. SunOS will be reported as
Solaris. The system_alias() function is used to implement
this.

Setting terse to true causes the function to return only the
Setting terse to True causes the function to return only the
absolute minimum information needed to identify the platform.

"""
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