#5144: document that PySys_SetArgv prepends the script directory (or the empty string) to sys.path.

georg.brandl · georg.brandl · commit 5713b2a05333 · 2009-02-05T10:37:07.000Z
git-svn-id: http://svn.python.org/projects/python/trunk@69289 6015fed2-1504-0410-9fe1-9d1591cc4771
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/init.rst b/Doc/c-api/init.rst
@@ -353,13 +353,17 @@ Initialization, Finalization, and Threads
       single: Py_FatalError()
       single: argv (in module sys)
 
-   Set ``sys.argv`` based on *argc* and *argv*.  These parameters are similar to
-   those passed to the program's :cfunc:`main` function with the difference that
-   the first entry should refer to the script file to be executed rather than the
-   executable hosting the Python interpreter.  If there isn't a script that will be
-   run, the first entry in *argv* can be an empty string.  If this function fails
-   to initialize ``sys.argv``, a fatal condition is signalled using
-   :cfunc:`Py_FatalError`.
+   Set :data:`sys.argv` based on *argc* and *argv*.  These parameters are
+   similar to those passed to the program's :cfunc:`main` function with the
+   difference that the first entry should refer to the script file to be
+   executed rather than the executable hosting the Python interpreter.  If there
+   isn't a script that will be run, the first entry in *argv* can be an empty
+   string.  If this function fails to initialize :data:`sys.argv`, a fatal
+   condition is signalled using :cfunc:`Py_FatalError`.
+
+   This function also prepends the executed script's path to :data:`sys.path`.
+   If no script is executed (in the case of calling ``python -c`` or just the
+   interactive interpreter), the empty string is used instead.
 
    .. XXX impl. doesn't seem consistent in allowing 0/NULL for the params;
       check w/ Guido.
