From: Georg Brandl <georg@python.org>
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:59:55 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: #5778: document that sys.version can contain a newline.
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#5778: document that sys.version can contain a newline.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst
index 770c267b71..0e90ac07fa 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sys.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst
@@ -936,8 +936,9 @@ always available.
 
    A string containing the version number of the Python interpreter plus additional
    information on the build number and compiler used. It has a value of the form
-   ``'version (#build_number, build_date, build_time) [compiler]'``.  The first
-   three characters are used to identify the version in the installation
+   ``'version (#build_number, build_date, build_time) [compiler]'``.  There may be
+   a newline character preceding the opening bracket with of the compiler info.
+   The first three characters are used to identify the version in the installation
    directories (where appropriate on each platform).  An example::
 
       >>> import sys