https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/1836f674c0d86ec3375189a550c8f4a52ff89ae8 commit: 1836f674c0d86ec3375189a550c8f4a52ff89ae8 branch: main author: Bradley Reynolds <[email protected]> committer: hauntsaninja <[email protected]> date: 2024-01-31T13:33:28-08:00 summary:
Add note to `sys.orig_argv` clarifying the difference from `sys.argv` (#114630) Co-authored-by: Ned Batchelder <[email protected]> files: M Doc/library/sys.rst diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst index abf2c393a44928..a97a369b77b88a 100644 --- a/Doc/library/sys.rst +++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst @@ -1293,7 +1293,10 @@ always available. The list of the original command line arguments passed to the Python executable. - See also :data:`sys.argv`. + The elements of :data:`sys.orig_argv` are the arguments to the Python interpreter, + while the elements of :data:`sys.argv` are the arguments to the user's program. + Arguments consumed by the interpreter itself will be present in :data:`sys.orig_argv` + and missing from :data:`sys.argv`. .. versionadded:: 3.10 _______________________________________________ Python-checkins mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-checkins.python.org/ Member address: [email protected]
