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Python: update docs with change in default interpreter version

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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 2.7.
packages. The default interpreter is CPython 3.5.
### Using Python
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### Interpreters
Versions 2.6, 2.7, 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5 of the CPython interpreter are available on
Nix and are available as `python26`, `python27`, `python33`, `python34` and
`python35`. The PyPy interpreter is also available as `pypy`. Currently, the
aliases `python` and `python3` correspond to respectively `python27` and
`python35`. The Nix expressions for the interpreters can be found in
Versions 2.6, 2.7, 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5 of the CPython interpreter are as respectively
`python26`, `python27`, `python33`, `python34` and `python35`. The PyPy interpreter
is available as `pypy`. The aliases `python2` and `python3` correspond to respectively `python27` and
`python35`. The default interpreter, `python`, maps to `python3`.
The Nix expressions for the interpreters can be found in
`pkgs/development/interpreters/python`.
All packages depending on any Python interpreter get appended
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and the aliases
* `pkgs.pythonPackages` pointing to `pkgs.python27Packages`
* `pkgs.python2Packages` pointing to `pkgs.python27Packages`
* `pkgs.python3Packages` pointing to `pkgs.python35Packages`
* `pkgs.pythonPackages` pointing to `pkgs.python3Packages`
#### `buildPythonPackage` function