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## User Guide
Several versions of Python are available on Nix as well as a high amount of
packages. The default interpreter is CPython 3.5.
packages. The default interpreter is CPython 2.7.
### Using Python
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The output of the function is a derivation, which is an attribute with the name
`toolz` of the set `pythonPackages`. Actually, sets are created for all interpreter versions,
so `python27Packages`, `python34Packages`, `python35Packages` and `pypyPackages`.
so e.g. `python27Packages`, `python35Packages` and `pypyPackages`.
The above example works when you're directly working on
`pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix` in the Nixpkgs repository. Often though,
@ -422,8 +422,8 @@ and in this case the `python35` interpreter is automatically used.
### Interpreters
Versions 2.6, 2.7, 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5 of the CPython interpreter are available as respectively
`python26`, `python27`, `python33`, `python34` and `python35`. The PyPy interpreter
Versions 2.7, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6 of the CPython interpreter are available as
respectively `python27`, `python33`, `python34`, `python35` and `python36`. The PyPy interpreter
is available as `pypy`. The aliases `python2` and `python3` correspond to respectively `python27` and
`python35`. The default interpreter, `python`, maps to `python2`.
The Nix expressions for the interpreters can be found in
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* `pkgs.python33Packages`
* `pkgs.python34Packages`
* `pkgs.python35Packages`
* `pkgs.python36Packages`
* `pkgs.pypyPackages`
and the aliases
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those using Python in a `nix-shell`.
When the environment variable `DETERMINISTIC_BUILD` is set, all bytecode will have timestamp 1.
The `buildPythonPackage` function sets `DETERMINISTIC_BUILD` as well as
[PYTHONHASHSEED](https://docs.python.org/3.5/using/cmdline.html#envvar-PYTHONHASHSEED).
The `buildPythonPackage` function sets `DETERMINISTIC_BUILD=1` and
[PYTHONHASHSEED=0](https://docs.python.org/3.5/using/cmdline.html#envvar-PYTHONHASHSEED).
Both are also exported in `nix-shell`.