From: Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 19:51:33 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Added a blurb about the change to sys.version under MSVC.
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Added a blurb about the change to sys.version under MSVC.
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 5a16b8b4c521..89f1e2ff3fc0 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -751,6 +751,11 @@ Yet to be written.
 Windows
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+- When Python is built under a Microsoft compiler, sys.version now
+  includes the compiler version number (_MSC_VER).  For example, under
+  MSVC 6, sys.version constains the substring "MSC v.1200 ".  1200 is
+  the value of _MSC_VER under MSVC 6.
+
 - Sometimes the uninstall executable (UNWISE.EXE) vanishes.  One cause
   of that has been fixed in the installer (disabled Wise's "delete in-
   use files" uninstall option).