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authorAndrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>2010-06-11 00:23:01 (GMT)
committerAndrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>2010-06-11 00:23:01 (GMT)
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#5753: Suggest PySys_SetArgvEx() instead of PySys_SetArgv()
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@@ -524,12 +524,12 @@ the table of loaded modules, and creates the fundamental modules
:mod:`__builtin__`, :mod:`__main__`, :mod:`sys`, and :mod:`exceptions`. It also
initializes the module search path (``sys.path``).
-.. index:: single: PySys_SetArgv()
+.. index:: single: PySys_SetArgvEx()
:cfunc:`Py_Initialize` does not set the "script argument list" (``sys.argv``).
-If this variable is needed by Python code that will be executed later, it must
-be set explicitly with a call to ``PySys_SetArgv(argc, argv)`` subsequent to
-the call to :cfunc:`Py_Initialize`.
+If this variable is needed by Python code that will be executed later, it must
+be set explicitly with a call to ``PySys_SetArgvEx(argc, argv, updatepath)``
+after the call to :cfunc:`Py_Initialize`.
On most systems (in particular, on Unix and Windows, although the details are
slightly different), :cfunc:`Py_Initialize` calculates the module search path