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[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 <bradley.reynolds@darbia.dev>
Co-authored-by: Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/sys.rst | 5 |
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diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst index 2a1e6fb..e402d8b 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 |