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| author | Andrew Svetlov <andrew.svetlov@gmail.com> | 2012-10-17 14:15:43 (GMT) |
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| committer | Andrew Svetlov <andrew.svetlov@gmail.com> | 2012-10-17 14:15:43 (GMT) |
| commit | abfc7df14982617f35a245247a935543639746dc (patch) | |
| tree | 6d600893ffa1c6dd28964c4e3b9c13bce021ef5b /Doc/using | |
| parent | e9cf97cf20711dcede2e44b58f3ccc7d71280cc8 (diff) | |
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Issue #9583: Document startup option/environment interaction.
Patch by Todd Rovito.
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst index 0d12126..cd4d02f 100644 --- a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst +++ b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst @@ -379,7 +379,10 @@ Options you shouldn't use Environment variables --------------------- -These environment variables influence Python's behavior. +These environment variables influence Python's behavior, they are processed +before the command-line switches other than -E. It is customary that +command-line switches override environmental variables where there is a +conflict. .. envvar:: PYTHONHOME @@ -570,4 +573,3 @@ if Python was configured with the ``--with-pydebug`` build option. If set, Python will print memory allocation statistics every time a new object arena is created, and on shutdown. - |