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@@ -472,8 +472,8 @@ Process-wide parameters
dependent delimiter character, which is ``':'`` on Unix and Mac OS X, ``';'``
on Windows.
- This also causes :data:`sys.executable` to be set only to the raw program
- name (see :c:func:`Py_SetProgramName`) and for :data:`sys.prefix` and
+ This also causes :data:`sys.executable` to be set to the program
+ full path (see :c:func:`Py_GetProgramFullPath`) and for :data:`sys.prefix` and
:data:`sys.exec_prefix` to be empty. It is up to the caller to modify these
if required after calling :c:func:`Py_Initialize`.
@@ -483,6 +483,10 @@ Process-wide parameters
The path argument is copied internally, so the caller may free it after the
call completes.
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.8
+ The program full path is now used for :data:`sys.executable`, instead
+ of the program name.
+
.. c:function:: const char* Py_GetVersion()