Powershell: PSCore6 - How about including the platform architecture in the $PSVersionTable?

[MaximoTrinidad]

Due to the fact that there still are people using either 64 or 32bit processor architectures. I think it won't hurt to provide this information in the $PSVersionTable.

It could be nice to include the *$env:PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE in the $PSVersion variable.

_*Note: While posting this feedback, I notice the $env:PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE doesn't exit in Linux or MacOS PSCore6._

Steps to reproduce

Currently, this information is only available in the $env:PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE variable.

PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE         AMD64

Expected behavior

It could look like the following results:

PS C:\Program Files\PowerShell\6-preview> $PSVersionTable

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      6.1.0-preview.2
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    v6.1.0-preview.2
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.17661
Platform                       Win32NT
Processor_Architecture         AMD64
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

Actual behavior

It doesn't exist

PS C:\Program Files\PowerShell\6-preview> $PSVersionTable

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      6.1.0-preview.2
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    v6.1.0-preview.2
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.17661
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

Environment data

Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 10.0.17661

PS C:\Program Files\PowerShell\6-preview> $PSVersionTable

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      6.1.0-preview.2
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    v6.1.0-preview.2
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.17661
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

[rjmholt]

The solution to this might lie in resolving https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/issues/4474.

[mklement0]

I agree that adding the bit-ness to $PSVersionTable can't hurt, given that there's quite a bit of OS information there already.

In the meantime, [Environment]::Is64BitOperatingSystem gives you that information.

It doesn't reflect the CPU's ISA, however.

[iSazonov]

people using either 64 or 32bit processor architectures

How PowerShell scripts depends on this? Could you give business scenarios?

[SteveL-MSFT]

May be better to resolve this via https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/issues/2693

[MaximoTrinidad]

Thanks everyone!!
:)

[iSazonov]

We can get this from .Net:
c#