https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/e66ad91f68b68fc8cbdc4b6dacea80636164cdf5 commit: e66ad91f68b68fc8cbdc4b6dacea80636164cdf5 branch: 3.11 author: Miss Islington (bot) <[email protected]> committer: hauntsaninja <[email protected]> date: 2024-01-31T21:40:20Z summary:
[3.11] Add note to `sys.orig_argv` clarifying the difference from `sys.argv` (GH-114630) (#114822) Add note to `sys.orig_argv` clarifying the difference from `sys.argv` (GH-114630) (cherry picked from commit 1836f674c0d86ec3375189a550c8f4a52ff89ae8) Co-authored-by: Bradley Reynolds <[email protected]> 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 2a1e6fb1a9cf29..e402d8b418b7b0 100644 --- a/Doc/library/sys.rst +++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst @@ -1240,7 +1240,10 @@ 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]
