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On Windows, sysconfig.get_platform() now gets the platform from the _sysconfig module instead of parsing sys.version string.

Issue: sysconfig.get_platform() could return wrong value because sys.version is truncated #145410

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On Windows, sysconfig.get_platform() now gets the platform from the
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sysconfig.get_platform() could return wrong value because sys.version is truncated #145410

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PR merged. Thanks for the review @zooba.

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          pythongh-146145: Use _sysconfig.get_platform() in the platform module

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Follow-up: PR gh-146148 uses _sysconfig.get_platform() in the platform module.

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This was referenced Mar 19, 2026

extend sys module on windows #102536

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sysconfig should not rely on sys.version #81773

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gh-130273: Fix traceback color output with unicode characters #142529

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          pythongh-145410: Add _sysconfig.get_platform() function (python#146145)

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On Windows, sysconfig.get_platform() now gets the platform from the
_sysconfig module instead of parsing sys.version string.

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ctypes.util.find_msvcrt() returns "msvcrt.dll" on clang-cl Windows builds, breaking ctypes.get_errno() #154199

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test_importlib.test_windows: vendored get_platform() misdetects clang-cl builds as win32, failing test_tagged_suffix #154200

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gh-157368: Fix clang-cl version in sys.version on Windows #157369

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