Brian Curtin <cur...@acm.org> added the comment: os.environ["PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432"] will tell you the true underlying processor architecture when under WOW. Therefore, if you find that this variable exists, you are under WOW.
Example, on my 64-bit machine with a 32-bit compiled Python: Python 3.1.2 (r312:79149, Mar 21 2010, 00:41:52) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import os >>> os.environ["PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE"] 'x86' >>> os.environ["PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432"] 'AMD64' ---------- nosy: +brian.curtin _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue2745> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
