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A string containing a platform identifier. Known values are:
Changed in 3.3, 3.8, 3.13, 3.14
- 3.3: On Linux, sys.platform doesn’t contain the major version anymore. It is always 'linux', instead of 'linux2' or 'linux3'.
- 3.8: On AIX, sys.platform doesn’t contain the major version anymore. It is always 'aix', instead of 'aix5' or 'aix7'.
- 3.13: On Android, sys.platform now returns 'android' rather than 'linux'.
- 3.14: On FreeBSD, sys.platform doesn’t contain the major version anymore. It is always 'freebsd', instead of 'freebsd13' or 'freebsd14'.