Python platform.python_compiler() Examples

def print_support_info():
    click.echo('''
    If you are having issues with pyinfra or wish to make feature requests, please
    check out the GitHub issues at https://github.com/Fizzadar/pyinfra/issues .
    When adding an issue, be sure to include the following:
''')

    click.echo('    System: {0}'.format(platform.system()))
    click.echo('      Platform: {0}'.format(platform.platform()))
    click.echo('      Release: {0}'.format(platform.uname()[2]))
    click.echo('      Machine: {0}'.format(platform.uname()[4]))
    click.echo('    pyinfra: v{0}'.format(__version__))
    click.echo('    Executable: {0}'.format(sys.argv[0]))
    click.echo('    Python: {0} ({1}, {2})'.format(
        platform.python_version(),
        platform.python_implementation(),
        platform.python_compiler(),
    )) 

def get_system_info():
    return """
System Details:

    Version:  %s
    Compiler: %s
    Build:    %s
    Platform: %s
    System:   %s
    Node:     %s
    Release:  %s
    Version:  %s

""" % (
        platform.python_version(),
        platform.python_compiler(),
        platform.python_build(),
        platform.platform(),
        platform.system(),
        platform.node(),
        platform.release(),
        platform.version(),
    ) 

def pytest_benchmark_generate_machine_info():
    python_implementation = platform.python_implementation()
    python_implementation_version = platform.python_version()
    if python_implementation == 'PyPy':
        python_implementation_version = '%d.%d.%d' % sys.pypy_version_info[:3]
        if sys.pypy_version_info.releaselevel != 'final':
            python_implementation_version += '-%s%d' % sys.pypy_version_info[3:]
    return {
        "node": platform.node(),
        "processor": platform.processor(),
        "machine": platform.machine(),
        "python_compiler": platform.python_compiler(),
        "python_implementation": python_implementation,
        "python_implementation_version": python_implementation_version,
        "python_version": platform.python_version(),
        "python_build": platform.python_build(),
        "release": platform.release(),
        "system": platform.system(),
        "cpu": get_cpu_info(),
    } 

def __init__(self, parent = None, aw = None):
        super(platformDlg,self).__init__(parent, aw)
        self.setModal(True)
        self.setWindowTitle(QApplication.translate("Form Caption","Artisan Platform", None))
        platformdic = {}
        platformdic["Architecture"] = str(platform.architecture())
        platformdic["Machine"] = str(platform.machine())
        platformdic["Platform name"] =  str(platform.platform())
        platformdic["Processor"] = str(platform.processor())
        platformdic["Python Build"] = str(platform.python_build())
        platformdic["Python Compiler"] = str(platform.python_compiler())
        platformdic["Python Branch"] = str(platform.python_branch())
        platformdic["Python Implementation"] = str(platform.python_implementation())
        platformdic["Python Revision"] = str(platform.python_revision())
        platformdic["Release"] = str(platform.release())
        platformdic["System"] = str(platform.system())
        platformdic["Version"] = str(platform.version())
        platformdic["Python version"] = str(platform.python_version())
        system = str(platform.system())
        if system == "Windows":
            platformdic["Win32"] = str(platform.win32_ver())
        elif system == "Darwin":
            platformdic["Mac"] = str(platform.mac_ver())
        elif system == "Linux":
            platformdic["Linux"] = str(platform.linux_distribution())
            platformdic["Libc"] = str(platform.libc_ver())
        htmlplatform = "<b>version =</b> " + __version__ + " (" + __revision__ + ")<br>"
        for key in sorted(platformdic):
            htmlplatform += "<b>" + key + " = </b> <i>" + platformdic[key] + "</i><br>"
        platformEdit = QTextEdit()
        platformEdit.setHtml(htmlplatform)
        platformEdit.setReadOnly(True)
        layout = QVBoxLayout()
        layout.addWidget(platformEdit)
        self.setLayout(layout) 

def get_user_agent():
    sdk_version = "CognitePythonSDK/{}".format(get_current_sdk_version())

    python_version = "{}/{} ({};{})".format(
        platform.python_implementation(), platform.python_version(), platform.python_build(), platform.python_compiler()
    )

    os_version_info = [platform.release(), platform.machine(), platform.architecture()[0]]
    os_version_info = [s for s in os_version_info if s]  # Ignore empty strings
    os_version_info = "-".join(os_version_info)
    operating_system = "{}/{}".format(platform.system(), os_version_info)

    return "{} {} {}".format(sdk_version, python_version, operating_system) 

def check_python():
    print('----------Python Info----------')
    print('Version      :', platform.python_version())
    print('Compiler     :', platform.python_compiler())
    print('Build        :', platform.python_build())
    print('Arch         :', platform.architecture()) 

def _general_info():
    return "\n".join(
        [
            "Python version: {}".format(platform.python_version()),
            "Python implementation: {}".format(platform.python_implementation()),
            "Python compiler: {}".format(platform.python_compiler()),
            "PyTorch version: {}".format(torch.__version__),
            "System: {}, version: {}".format(
                platform.system() or "Unable to determine",
                platform.release() or "Unable to determine",
            ),
            "Processor: {}".format(platform.processor() or "Unable to determine"),
            "Number of CPUs: {}".format(multiprocessing.cpu_count()),
        ]
    ) 

def check_python():
    print('----------Python Info----------')
    print('Version      :', platform.python_version())
    print('Compiler     :', platform.python_compiler())
    print('Build        :', platform.python_build())
    print('Arch         :', platform.architecture()) 

def get_machine_infos(self):
        """the function retrieves some information about the host and returns them as a list"""
        infos = {}
        infos["Machine"] = platform.machine()
        infos["Hostname"] = platform.node()
        infos["Platform"] = platform.platform()
        infos["Python Build"] = platform.python_build()
        infos["Python Compiler"] = platform.python_compiler()
        infos["Python Implementation"] = platform.python_implementation()
        infos["Python Version"] = platform.python_version()
        infos["Release"] = platform.release()
        infos["Libc Version"] = platform.libc_ver()
        return infos 

def display_platform_information():
    """
    Display platform information.
    """
    import platform
    output_string = '\n-- INFORMATION: PLATFORM & OS ---------\n'

    try:

        output_string = add_param_to_output(output_string,
                                            'OS',
                                            platform.platform())
        output_string = add_param_to_output(output_string,
                                            'OS release version',
                                            platform.version())
        output_string = add_param_to_output(output_string,
                                            'machine',
                                            platform.machine())
        output_string = add_param_to_output(output_string,
                                            'node',
                                            platform.node())
        output_string = add_param_to_output(output_string,
                                            'python version',
                                            platform.python_version())
        output_string = add_param_to_output(output_string,
                                            'python build',
                                            platform.python_build())
        output_string = add_param_to_output(output_string,
                                            'python compiler',
                                            platform.python_compiler())

    except Exception:
        output_string += 'Some platform information cannot be displayed\n'
    output_string += '----------------------------------------'
    neon_logger.display(output_string) 

def initialize_lib():
    global BCL_INSTALL_DIR, BCL_DATA_DIR, BITCOINLIB_VERSION
    instlogfile = Path(BCL_DATA_DIR, 'install.log')
    if instlogfile.exists():
        return

    with instlogfile.open('w') as f:
        install_message = "BitcoinLib installed, check further logs in bitcoinlib.log\n\n" \
                          "If you remove this file all settings will be reset again to the default settings. " \
                          "This might be usefull after an update or when problems occur.\n\n" \
                          "Installation parameters. Include this parameters when reporting bugs and issues:\n" \
                          "Bitcoinlib version: %s\n" \
                          "Installation date : %s\n" \
                          "Python            : %s\n" \
                          "Compiler          : %s\n" \
                          "Build             : %s\n" \
                          "OS Version        : %s\n" \
                          "Platform          : %s\n" % \
                          (BITCOINLIB_VERSION, datetime.now().isoformat(), platform.python_version(),
                           platform.python_compiler(), platform.python_build(), platform.version(), platform.platform())
        f.write(install_message)

    # Copy data and settings file
    from shutil import copyfile
    for file in Path(BCL_INSTALL_DIR, 'data').iterdir():
        if file.suffix not in ['.ini', '.json']:
            continue
        copyfile(str(file), str(Path(BCL_DATA_DIR, file.name)))

# Initialize library 

def show_aqt_version(self):
        dist = importlib_metadata.distribution('aqtinstall')
        module_name = dist.entry_points[0].name
        py_version = platform.python_version()
        py_impl = platform.python_implementation()
        py_build = platform.python_compiler()
        self.logger.info("aqtinstall({}) v{} on Python {} [{} {}]".format(module_name, dist.version,
                                                                          py_version, py_impl, py_build)) 

def check_python():
    print('----------Python Info----------')
    print('Version      :', platform.python_version())
    print('Compiler     :', platform.python_compiler())
    print('Build        :', platform.python_build())
    print('Arch         :', platform.architecture()) 

def _get_version():
        dist = importlib_metadata.distribution('py7zr')
        module_name = dist.entry_points[0].name
        py_version = platform.python_version()
        py_impl = platform.python_implementation()
        py_build = platform.python_compiler()
        return "{} Version {} : {} (Python {} [{} {}])".format(module_name, py7zr.__version__, py7zr.__copyright__,
                                                               py_version, py_impl, py_build) 

def test_python_compiler(self):
        res = platform.python_compiler() 

def execute(self, args, console):
        print('architecture:', platform.architecture()[0])
        print('java_ver:', platform.java_ver())
        print('node:', platform.node())
        print('processor:', platform.processor())
        print('python_compiler:', platform.python_compiler())
        print('python_implementation:', platform.python_implementation())
        print('python_version:', platform.python_version())
        print('release:', platform.release()) 

def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()
        self['revscoring_version'] = __version__
        self['platform'] = platform.platform()
        self['machine'] = platform.machine()
        self['version'] = platform.version()
        self['system'] = platform.system()
        self['processor'] = platform.processor()
        self['python_build'] = platform.python_build()
        self['python_compiler'] = platform.python_compiler()
        self['python_branch'] = platform.python_branch()
        self['python_implementation'] = platform.python_implementation()
        self['python_revision'] = platform.python_revision()
        self['python_version'] = platform.python_version()
        self['release'] = platform.release() 

def _get_system_provenance():
    """ return JSON string containing provenance for all things that are
    fixed during the runtime"""

    bits, linkage = platform.architecture()

    return dict(
        ctapipe_version=ctapipe.__version__,
        ctapipe_resources_version=get_module_version("ctapipe_resources"),
        eventio_version=get_module_version("eventio"),
        ctapipe_svc_path=os.getenv("CTAPIPE_SVC_PATH"),
        executable=sys.executable,
        platform=dict(
            architecture_bits=bits,
            architecture_linkage=linkage,
            machine=platform.machine(),
            processor=platform.processor(),
            node=platform.node(),
            version=platform.version(),
            system=platform.system(),
            release=platform.release(),
            libcver=platform.libc_ver(),
            num_cpus=psutil.cpu_count(),
            boot_time=Time(psutil.boot_time(), format="unix").isot,
        ),
        python=dict(
            version_string=sys.version,
            version=platform.python_version_tuple(),
            compiler=platform.python_compiler(),
            implementation=platform.python_implementation(),
        ),
        environment=_get_env_vars(),
        arguments=sys.argv,
        start_time_utc=Time.now().isot,
    ) 

def getSystemInfo():
    result = {"machine": platform.machine(),
              "platform": platform.platform(),
              "processor": platform.processor(),
              "cpu_count": psutil.cpu_count(),
              "os": platform.system(),
              "python_compiler": platform.python_compiler(),
              "python_version": platform.python_version()}
    return result 

def print_sysinfo():
    import collections
    import datetime
    import getpass
    import platform

    info = collections.OrderedDict()
    info['OS'] = platform.system()
    if psutil.OSX:
        info['version'] = str(platform.mac_ver())
    elif psutil.WINDOWS:
        info['version'] = ' '.join(map(str, platform.win32_ver()))
        if hasattr(platform, 'win32_edition'):
            info['edition'] = platform.win32_edition()
    else:
        info['version'] = platform.version()
    if psutil.POSIX:
        info['kernel'] = '.'.join(map(str, get_kernel_version()))
    info['arch'] = ', '.join(
        list(platform.architecture()) + [platform.machine()])
    info['hostname'] = platform.node()
    info['python'] = ', '.join([
        platform.python_implementation(),
        platform.python_version(),
        platform.python_compiler()])
    if psutil.POSIX:
        s = platform.libc_ver()[1]
        if s:
            info['glibc'] = s
    info['fs-encoding'] = sys.getfilesystemencoding()
    info['time'] = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
    info['user'] = getpass.getuser()
    info['pid'] = os.getpid()
    print("=" * 70)  # NOQA
    for k, v in info.items():
        print("%-14s %s" % (k + ':', v))  # NOQA
    print("=" * 70)  # NOQA 

def test_arraywriters():
    # Test initialize
    # Simple cases
    if machine() == 'sparc64' and python_compiler().startswith('GCC'):
        # bus errors on at least np 1.4.1 through 1.6.1 for complex
        test_types = FLOAT_TYPES + IUINT_TYPES
    else:
        test_types = NUMERIC_TYPES
    for klass in (SlopeInterArrayWriter, SlopeArrayWriter, ArrayWriter):
        for type in test_types:
            arr = np.arange(10, dtype=type)
            aw = klass(arr)
            assert_true(aw.array is arr)
            assert_equal(aw.out_dtype, arr.dtype)
            assert_array_equal(arr, round_trip(aw))
            # Byteswapped is OK
            bs_arr = arr.byteswap().newbyteorder('S')
            bs_aw = klass(bs_arr)
            # assert against original array because POWER7 was running into
            # trouble using the byteswapped array (bs_arr)
            assert_array_equal(arr, round_trip(bs_aw))
            bs_aw2 = klass(bs_arr, arr.dtype)
            assert_array_equal(arr, round_trip(bs_aw2))
            # 2D array
            arr2 = np.reshape(arr, (2, 5))
            a2w = klass(arr2)
            # Default out - in order is Fortran
            arr_back = round_trip(a2w)
            assert_array_equal(arr2, arr_back)
            arr_back = round_trip(a2w, 'F')
            assert_array_equal(arr2, arr_back)
            # C order works as well
            arr_back = round_trip(a2w, 'C')
            assert_array_equal(arr2, arr_back)
            assert_true(arr_back.flags.c_contiguous) 

def test_sys_version(self):
        # Old test.
        for input, output in (
            ('2.4.3 (#1, Jun 21 2006, 13:54:21) \n[GCC 3.3.4 (pre 3.3.5 20040809)]',
             ('CPython', '2.4.3', '', '', '1', 'Jun 21 2006 13:54:21', 'GCC 3.3.4 (pre 3.3.5 20040809)')),
            ('IronPython 1.0.60816 on .NET 2.0.50727.42',
             ('IronPython', '1.0.60816', '', '', '', '', '.NET 2.0.50727.42')),
            ('IronPython 1.0 (1.0.61005.1977) on .NET 2.0.50727.42',
             ('IronPython', '1.0.0', '', '', '', '', '.NET 2.0.50727.42')),
            ):
            # branch and revision are not "parsed", but fetched
            # from sys.subversion.  Ignore them
            (name, version, branch, revision, buildno, builddate, compiler) \
                   = platform._sys_version(input)
            self.assertEqual(
                (name, version, '', '', buildno, builddate, compiler), output)

        # Tests for python_implementation(), python_version(), python_branch(),
        # python_revision(), python_build(), and python_compiler().
        sys_versions = {
            ("2.6.1 (r261:67515, Dec  6 2008, 15:26:00) \n[GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5370)]",
             ('CPython', 'tags/r261', '67515'), self.save_platform)
            :
                ("CPython", "2.6.1", "tags/r261", "67515",
                 ('r261:67515', 'Dec  6 2008 15:26:00'),
                 'GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5370)'),
            ("IronPython 2.0 (2.0.0.0) on .NET 2.0.50727.3053", None, "cli")
            :
                ("IronPython", "2.0.0", "", "", ("", ""),
                 ".NET 2.0.50727.3053"),
            ("2.5 (trunk:6107, Mar 26 2009, 13:02:18) \n[Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (\"Apple Computer, Inc.\")]",
            ('Jython', 'trunk', '6107'), "java1.5.0_16")
            :
                ("Jython", "2.5.0", "trunk", "6107",
                 ('trunk:6107', 'Mar 26 2009'), "java1.5.0_16"),
            ("2.5.2 (63378, Mar 26 2009, 18:03:29)\n[PyPy 1.0.0]",
             ('PyPy', 'trunk', '63378'), self.save_platform)
            :
                ("PyPy", "2.5.2", "trunk", "63378", ('63378', 'Mar 26 2009'),
                 "")
            }
        for (version_tag, subversion, sys_platform), info in \
                sys_versions.iteritems():
            sys.version = version_tag
            if subversion is None:
                if hasattr(sys, "subversion"):
                    del sys.subversion
            else:
                sys.subversion = subversion
            if sys_platform is not None:
                sys.platform = sys_platform
            self.assertEqual(platform.python_implementation(), info[0])
            self.assertEqual(platform.python_version(), info[1])
            self.assertEqual(platform.python_branch(), info[2])
            self.assertEqual(platform.python_revision(), info[3])
            self.assertEqual(platform.python_build(), info[4])
            self.assertEqual(platform.python_compiler(), info[5]) 

def _create_model_blob(self, path_to_prediction_module, path_to_model_resources_dir, path_to_setup_py=None, custom_package_name=None, model_dump=None):
        """
        Creates the blob to be stored for the alternate serialization model.
        :param self:
        :param path_to_prediction_module:
        :param path_to_model_resources_dir:
        :param path_to_setup_py:
        :param custom_package_name:
        :return:
        """
        model_blob = {}
        model_meta_data = {}
        if path_to_setup_py is not None:
            package_info = self.create_package_from_setup_py(path_to_setup_py, custom_package_name)
            custom_package_blob = self._create_model_blob_details_with_custom_setup(None, package_info['name'],
                                                                                    package_info['version'],
                                                                                    package_info['path'])
            model_blob.update(custom_package_blob)

        if path_to_prediction_module is not None:
            prediction_blob = self._get_prediction_module_tar_byte_buffer(path_to_prediction_module)
            resources_blob = self._get_model_resources_tar_byte_buffer(path_to_model_resources_dir)
            model_blob['model_predict_module'] = prediction_blob.getvalue()
            model_blob['modeldir_blob'] = resources_blob.getvalue()
            model_blob['serialization_mechanism'] = 'asm'
        else:
            model_blob['model_blob'] = model_dump

        model_blob['platform_details'] = {
            'architecture': platform.machine(),
            'os_name': platform.system(),
            'processor': platform.processor(),
            'os_version': platform.dist()
        }
        model_blob['python_details'] = {
            'python_version': platform.python_version(),
            'python_compiler': platform.python_compiler(),
            'python_implementation': platform.python_implementation()
        }
        model_blob['gcc_details'] = {
            'gcc_version': platform.python_compiler().split(' ')[1],
            'glibc_version': platform.libc_ver()[0]
        }
        model_blob['specification_version'] = '1.0'
        model_meta_data['python_version'] = model_blob['python_details']['python_version']
        model_meta_data['gcc_version'] = model_blob['gcc_details']['gcc_version']
        model_meta_data['os_name'] = model_blob['platform_details']['os_name']
        model_meta_data['os_flavour'] = model_blob['platform_details']['os_version'][0]
        model_meta_data['os_version'] = model_blob['platform_details']['os_version'][1]
        return model_blob, model_meta_data 

def test_sys_version(self):
        # Old test.
        for input, output in (
            ('2.4.3 (#1, Jun 21 2006, 13:54:21) \n[GCC 3.3.4 (pre 3.3.5 20040809)]',
             ('CPython', '2.4.3', '', '', '1', 'Jun 21 2006 13:54:21', 'GCC 3.3.4 (pre 3.3.5 20040809)')),
            ('IronPython 1.0.60816 on .NET 2.0.50727.42',
             ('IronPython', '1.0.60816', '', '', '', '', '.NET 2.0.50727.42')),
            ('IronPython 1.0 (1.0.61005.1977) on .NET 2.0.50727.42',
             ('IronPython', '1.0.0', '', '', '', '', '.NET 2.0.50727.42')),
            ):
            # branch and revision are not "parsed", but fetched
            # from sys.subversion.  Ignore them
            (name, version, branch, revision, buildno, builddate, compiler) \
                   = platform._sys_version(input)
            self.assertEqual(
                (name, version, '', '', buildno, builddate, compiler), output)

        # Tests for python_implementation(), python_version(), python_branch(),
        # python_revision(), python_build(), and python_compiler().
        sys_versions = {
            ("2.6.1 (r261:67515, Dec  6 2008, 15:26:00) \n[GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5370)]",
             ('CPython', 'tags/r261', '67515'), self.save_platform)
            :
                ("CPython", "2.6.1", "tags/r261", "67515",
                 ('r261:67515', 'Dec  6 2008 15:26:00'),
                 'GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5370)'),
            ("IronPython 2.0 (2.0.0.0) on .NET 2.0.50727.3053", None, "cli")
            :
                ("IronPython", "2.0.0", "", "", ("", ""),
                 ".NET 2.0.50727.3053"),
            ("2.5 (trunk:6107, Mar 26 2009, 13:02:18) \n[Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (\"Apple Computer, Inc.\")]",
            ('Jython', 'trunk', '6107'), "java1.5.0_16")
            :
                ("Jython", "2.5.0", "trunk", "6107",
                 ('trunk:6107', 'Mar 26 2009'), "java1.5.0_16"),
            ("2.5.2 (63378, Mar 26 2009, 18:03:29)\n[PyPy 1.0.0]",
             ('PyPy', 'trunk', '63378'), self.save_platform)
            :
                ("PyPy", "2.5.2", "trunk", "63378", ('63378', 'Mar 26 2009'),
                 "")
            }
        for (version_tag, subversion, sys_platform), info in \
                sys_versions.iteritems():
            sys.version = version_tag
            if subversion is None:
                if hasattr(sys, "subversion"):
                    del sys.subversion
            else:
                sys.subversion = subversion
            if sys_platform is not None:
                sys.platform = sys_platform
            self.assertEqual(platform.python_implementation(), info[0])
            self.assertEqual(platform.python_version(), info[1])
            self.assertEqual(platform.python_branch(), info[2])
            self.assertEqual(platform.python_revision(), info[3])
            self.assertEqual(platform.python_build(), info[4])
            self.assertEqual(platform.python_compiler(), info[5]) 

def get_watermark():
    """
    Return information about the current system relevant for pyasdf.
    """
    vendor = MPI.get_vendor() if MPI else None

    c = h5py.get_config()
    if not hasattr(c, "mpi") or not c.mpi:
        is_parallel = False
    else:
        is_parallel = True

    watermark = {
        "python_implementation": platform.python_implementation(),
        "python_version": platform.python_version(),
        "python_compiler": platform.python_compiler(),
        "platform_system": platform.system(),
        "platform_release": platform.release(),
        "platform_version": platform.version(),
        "platform_machine": platform.machine(),
        "platform_processor": platform.processor(),
        "platform_processor_count": cpu_count(),
        "platform_architecture": platform.architecture()[0],
        "platform_hostname": gethostname(),
        "date": strftime("%d/%m/%Y"),
        "time": strftime("%H:%M:%S"),
        "timezone": strftime("%Z"),
        "hdf5_version": h5py.version.hdf5_version,
        "parallel_h5py": is_parallel,
        "mpi_vendor": vendor[0] if vendor else None,
        "mpi_vendor_version": ".".join(map(str, vendor[1]))
        if vendor
        else None,
        "problematic_multiprocessing": is_multiprocessing_problematic(),
    }

    watermark["module_versions"] = {
        module: get_distribution(module).version for module in modules
    }
    if MPI is None:
        watermark["module_versions"]["mpi4py"] = None

    return watermark 

def test_sys_version(self):
        # Old test.
        for input, output in (
            ('2.4.3 (#1, Jun 21 2006, 13:54:21) \n[GCC 3.3.4 (pre 3.3.5 20040809)]',
             ('CPython', '2.4.3', '', '', '1', 'Jun 21 2006 13:54:21', 'GCC 3.3.4 (pre 3.3.5 20040809)')),
            ('IronPython 1.0.60816 on .NET 2.0.50727.42',
             ('IronPython', '1.0.60816', '', '', '', '', '.NET 2.0.50727.42')),
            ('IronPython 1.0 (1.0.61005.1977) on .NET 2.0.50727.42',
             ('IronPython', '1.0.0', '', '', '', '', '.NET 2.0.50727.42')),
            ):
            # branch and revision are not "parsed", but fetched
            # from sys.subversion.  Ignore them
            (name, version, branch, revision, buildno, builddate, compiler) \
                   = platform._sys_version(input)
            self.assertEqual(
                (name, version, '', '', buildno, builddate, compiler), output)

        # Tests for python_implementation(), python_version(), python_branch(),
        # python_revision(), python_build(), and python_compiler().
        sys_versions = {
            ("2.6.1 (r261:67515, Dec  6 2008, 15:26:00) \n[GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5370)]",
             ('CPython', 'tags/r261', '67515'), self.save_platform)
            :
                ("CPython", "2.6.1", "tags/r261", "67515",
                 ('r261:67515', 'Dec  6 2008 15:26:00'),
                 'GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5370)'),
            ("IronPython 2.0 (2.0.0.0) on .NET 2.0.50727.3053", None, "cli")
            :
                ("IronPython", "2.0.0", "", "", ("", ""),
                 ".NET 2.0.50727.3053"),
            ("2.5 (trunk:6107, Mar 26 2009, 13:02:18) \n[Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (\"Apple Computer, Inc.\")]",
            ('Jython', 'trunk', '6107'), "java1.5.0_16")
            :
                ("Jython", "2.5.0", "trunk", "6107",
                 ('trunk:6107', 'Mar 26 2009'), "java1.5.0_16"),
            ("2.5.2 (63378, Mar 26 2009, 18:03:29)\n[PyPy 1.0.0]",
             ('PyPy', 'trunk', '63378'), self.save_platform)
            :
                ("PyPy", "2.5.2", "trunk", "63378", ('63378', 'Mar 26 2009'),
                 "")
            }
        for (version_tag, subversion, sys_platform), info in \
                sys_versions.iteritems():
            sys.version = version_tag
            if subversion is None:
                if hasattr(sys, "subversion"):
                    del sys.subversion
            else:
                sys.subversion = subversion
            if sys_platform is not None:
                sys.platform = sys_platform
            self.assertEqual(platform.python_implementation(), info[0])
            self.assertEqual(platform.python_version(), info[1])
            self.assertEqual(platform.python_branch(), info[2])
            self.assertEqual(platform.python_revision(), info[3])
            self.assertEqual(platform.python_build(), info[4])
            self.assertEqual(platform.python_compiler(), info[5]) 

def _create(self):

        import platform

        def get_version(moduleName):
            """ Extract the current version of a python module """
            if moduleName == "cvxopt":
                #special case b/c cvxopt can be weird...
                try:
                    mod = __import__("cvxopt.info")
                    return str(mod.info.version)
                except Exception: pass  # try the normal way below

            try:
                mod = __import__(moduleName)
                return str(mod.__version__)
            except ImportError:     # pragma: no cover
                return "missing"    # pragma: no cover
            except AttributeError:  # pragma: no cover
                return "ver?"       # pragma: no cover
            except Exception:       # pragma: no cover
                return "???"        # pragma: no cover

        colHeadings = ('Quantity', 'Value')
        formatters = ('Bold', 'Bold')

        #custom latex header for maximum width imposed on 2nd col
        latex_head = "\\begin{tabular}[l]{|c|p{3in}|}\n\hline\n"
        latex_head += "\\textbf{Quantity} & \\textbf{Value} \\\\ \hline\n"
        table = _ReportTable(colHeadings, formatters,
                             customHeader={'latex': latex_head})

        #Python package information
        from .._version import __version__ as pyGSTi_version
        table.addrow(("pyGSTi version", str(pyGSTi_version)), (None, 'Verbatim'))

        packages = ['numpy', 'scipy', 'matplotlib', 'ply', 'cvxopt', 'cvxpy',
                    'nose', 'PIL', 'psutil']
        for pkg in packages:
            table.addrow((pkg, get_version(pkg)), (None, 'Verbatim'))

        #Python information
        table.addrow(("Python version", str(platform.python_version())), (None, 'Verbatim'))
        table.addrow(("Python type", str(platform.python_implementation())), (None, 'Verbatim'))
        table.addrow(("Python compiler", str(platform.python_compiler())), (None, 'Verbatim'))
        table.addrow(("Python build", str(platform.python_build())), (None, 'Verbatim'))
        table.addrow(("Python branch", str(platform.python_branch())), (None, 'Verbatim'))
        table.addrow(("Python revision", str(platform.python_revision())), (None, 'Verbatim'))

        #Platform information
        (system, _, release, version, machine, processor) = platform.uname()
        table.addrow(("Platform summary", str(platform.platform())), (None, 'Verbatim'))
        table.addrow(("System", str(system)), (None, 'Verbatim'))
        table.addrow(("Sys Release", str(release)), (None, 'Verbatim'))
        table.addrow(("Sys Version", str(version)), (None, 'Verbatim'))
        table.addrow(("Machine", str(machine)), (None, 'Verbatim'))
        table.addrow(("Processor", str(processor)), (None, 'Verbatim'))

        table.finish()
        return table