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author | Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> | 2009-02-06 02:40:07 (GMT) |
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committer | Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> | 2009-02-06 02:40:07 (GMT) |
commit | 5c6d7877c58cfe348b2a302d3bd924cd096a7ba2 (patch) | |
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Merged revisions 69129-69131,69139-69140,69143,69154-69159,69169,69288-69289,69293,69297-69301,69348 via svnmerge from
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r69129 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-01-30 19:42:55 -0600 (Fri, 30 Jan 2009) | 1 line
check the errno in bad fd cases
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r69130 | andrew.kuchling | 2009-01-30 20:50:09 -0600 (Fri, 30 Jan 2009) | 1 line
Add a section
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r69131 | andrew.kuchling | 2009-01-30 21:26:02 -0600 (Fri, 30 Jan 2009) | 1 line
Text edits and markup fixes
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r69139 | mark.dickinson | 2009-01-31 10:44:04 -0600 (Sat, 31 Jan 2009) | 2 lines
Add an extra test for long <-> float hash equivalence.
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r69140 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-01-31 10:52:03 -0600 (Sat, 31 Jan 2009) | 1 line
PyErr_BadInternalCall() raises a SystemError, not TypeError #5112
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r69143 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-01-31 15:00:10 -0600 (Sat, 31 Jan 2009) | 1 line
I believe the intention here was to avoid a global lookup
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r69154 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-01-31 16:33:02 -0600 (Sat, 31 Jan 2009) | 1 line
fix indentation in comment
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r69155 | david.goodger | 2009-01-31 16:53:46 -0600 (Sat, 31 Jan 2009) | 1 line
markup fix
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r69156 | gregory.p.smith | 2009-01-31 16:57:30 -0600 (Sat, 31 Jan 2009) | 4 lines
- Issue #5104: The socket module now raises OverflowError when 16-bit port and
protocol numbers are supplied outside the allowed 0-65536 range on bind()
and getservbyport().
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r69157 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-01-31 17:43:25 -0600 (Sat, 31 Jan 2009) | 1 line
add explanatory comment
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r69158 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-01-31 17:54:38 -0600 (Sat, 31 Jan 2009) | 1 line
more flags which only work for function blocks
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r69159 | gregory.p.smith | 2009-01-31 18:16:01 -0600 (Sat, 31 Jan 2009) | 2 lines
Update doc wording as suggested in issue4903.
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r69169 | guilherme.polo | 2009-01-31 20:56:16 -0600 (Sat, 31 Jan 2009) | 3 lines
Restore Tkinter.Tk._loadtk so this test doesn't fail for problems
related to ttk.
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r69288 | georg.brandl | 2009-02-05 04:30:57 -0600 (Thu, 05 Feb 2009) | 1 line
#5153: fix typo in example.
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r69289 | georg.brandl | 2009-02-05 04:37:07 -0600 (Thu, 05 Feb 2009) | 1 line
#5144: document that PySys_SetArgv prepends the script directory (or the empty string) to sys.path.
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r69293 | georg.brandl | 2009-02-05 04:59:28 -0600 (Thu, 05 Feb 2009) | 1 line
#5059: fix example.
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r69297 | georg.brandl | 2009-02-05 05:32:18 -0600 (Thu, 05 Feb 2009) | 1 line
#5015: document PythonHome API functions.
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r69298 | georg.brandl | 2009-02-05 05:33:21 -0600 (Thu, 05 Feb 2009) | 1 line
#4827: fix callback example.
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r69299 | georg.brandl | 2009-02-05 05:35:28 -0600 (Thu, 05 Feb 2009) | 1 line
#4820: use correct module for ctypes.util.
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r69300 | georg.brandl | 2009-02-05 05:38:23 -0600 (Thu, 05 Feb 2009) | 1 line
#4563: disable alpha and roman lists, fixes wrong formatting of contributor list.
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r69301 | georg.brandl | 2009-02-05 05:40:35 -0600 (Thu, 05 Feb 2009) | 1 line
#5031: fix Thread.daemon property docs.
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r69348 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-02-05 19:47:31 -0600 (Thu, 05 Feb 2009) | 1 line
fix download link
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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/init.rst b/Doc/c-api/init.rst index e2b2267..b63ab9f 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/init.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/init.rst @@ -350,18 +350,36 @@ 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. +.. cfunction:: void Py_SetPythonHome(char *home) + + Set the default "home" directory, that is, the location of the standard + Python libraries. The libraries are searched in + :file:`{home}/lib/python{version}` and :file:`{home}/lib/python{version}`. + + +.. cfunction:: char* Py_GetPythonHome() + + Return the default "home", that is, the value set by a previous call to + :cfunc:`Py_SetPythonHome`, or the value of the :envvar:`PYTHONHOME` + environment variable if it is set. + + .. _threads: Thread State and the Global Interpreter Lock |