Pat LaVarre added the comment:
--- USAGE:
I agree we should let people in future write:
if not platform.system('Windows'):
rather than:
if not (platform.system() in ('Microsoft', 'Windows')):
now that our people can no longer rely on Python in Vista correctly
understanding the plain human intent of such code fragments as:
if platform.system() != 'Windows':
--- DRAFT SPEC:
platform.system(name = None) returns the system name if name is None,
else returns the system name if name is a well-known alias of the
system name, else returns None.
The string 'Mac OS X' is a well-known alias for the system 'Darwin'.
The string 'Windows' is a well-known alias for the system 'Microsoft'
in 2.5.1 Python on Vista.
The system name is itself a well-known alias of the system name. For
example, 'Darwin' is a well-known alias of the 'Darwin' system that is
sold as the kernel of 'Mac OS X'.
Etc.
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