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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/c-api/init.rst | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/init.rst b/Doc/c-api/init.rst index 412a41c..6e88159 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/init.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/init.rst @@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ Process-wide parameters returned string points into static storage; the caller should not modify its value. This corresponds to the :makevar:`prefix` variable in the top-level :file:`Makefile` and the :option:`--prefix` argument to the :program:`configure` - script at build time. The value is available to Python code as ``sys.prefix``. + script at build time. The value is available to Python code as ``sys.base_prefix``. It is only useful on Unix. See also the next function. This function should not be called before :c:func:`Py_Initialize`, otherwise @@ -635,7 +635,8 @@ Process-wide parameters It now returns ``NULL`` if called before :c:func:`Py_Initialize`. .. deprecated-removed:: 3.13 3.15 - Get :data:`sys.prefix` instead. + Get :data:`sys.base_prefix` instead, or :data:`sys.prefix` if + :ref:`virtual environments <venv-def>` need to be handled. .. c:function:: wchar_t* Py_GetExecPrefix() @@ -648,7 +649,8 @@ Process-wide parameters should not modify its value. This corresponds to the :makevar:`exec_prefix` variable in the top-level :file:`Makefile` and the ``--exec-prefix`` argument to the :program:`configure` script at build time. The value is - available to Python code as ``sys.exec_prefix``. It is only useful on Unix. + available to Python code as ``sys.base_exec_prefix``. It is only useful on + Unix. Background: The exec-prefix differs from the prefix when platform dependent files (such as executables and shared libraries) are installed in a different @@ -679,7 +681,8 @@ Process-wide parameters It now returns ``NULL`` if called before :c:func:`Py_Initialize`. .. deprecated-removed:: 3.13 3.15 - Get :data:`sys.exec_prefix` instead. + Get :data:`sys.base_exec_prefix` instead, or :data:`sys.exec_prefix` if + :ref:`virtual environments <venv-def>` need to be handled. .. c:function:: wchar_t* Py_GetProgramFullPath() |