``version_info`` value may be used for a more human-friendly encoding of the
same information.
- The ``hexversion`` is a 32-bit number with the following layout
+ The ``hexversion`` is a 32-bit number with the following layout:
+-------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
- | bits (big endian order) | meaning |
+ | Bits (big endian order) | Meaning |
+=========================+================================================+
| :const:`1-8` | ``PY_MAJOR_VERSION`` (the ``2`` in |
| | ``2.1.0a3``) |
| | ``2.1.0a3``) |
+-------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
| :const:`25-28` | ``PY_RELEASE_LEVEL`` (``0xA`` for alpha, |
- | | ``0xB`` for beta, ``0xC`` for gamma and |
- | | ``0xF`` for final) |
+ | | ``0xB`` for beta, ``0xC`` for release |
+ | | candidate and ``0xF`` for final) |
+-------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
| :const:`29-32` | ``PY_RELEASE_SERIAL`` (the ``3`` in |
- | | ``2.1.0a3``) |
+ | | ``2.1.0a3``, zero for final releases) |
+-------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
- thus ``2.1.0a3`` is hexversion ``0x020100a3``
+ Thus ``2.1.0a3`` is hexversion ``0x020100a3``.
.. versionadded:: 1.5.2
internal representation of integers. The attributes are read only.
+-------------------------+----------------------------------------------+
- | attribute | explanation |
+ | Attribute | Explanation |
+=========================+==============================================+
| :const:`bits_per_digit` | number of bits held in each digit. Python |
| | integers are stored internally in base |