#5778: document that sys.version can contain a newline.

721507b3 · Georg Brandl · e87c0e1e · 721507b3
Commit 721507b3 authored Jul 31, 2010 by Georg Brandl
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   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