Platform Class

The Platform class exposes basic information about the operating system Wren is running on top of.

Static Methods #

name #

The name of the platform. This roughly describes the operating system, and is usually one of:

• “iOS”
• “Linux”
• “OS X”
• “POSIX”
• “Unix”
• “Windows”

If Wren was compiled for an unknown operating system, returns “Unknown”.

isPosix #

Returns true if the host operating system is known to support the POSIX standard. This is true for Linux and other Unices, as well as the various Apple operating systems.

isWindows #

Returns true if the host operating system is some flavor of Windows.