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diff --git a/Doc/library/site.rst b/Doc/library/site.rst index c450931..de3f751 100644 --- a/Doc/library/site.rst +++ b/Doc/library/site.rst @@ -83,7 +83,11 @@ After these path manipulations, an attempt is made to import a module named :mod:`sitecustomize`, which can perform arbitrary site-specific customizations. It is typically created by a system administrator in the site-packages directory. If this import fails with an :exc:`ImportError` exception, it is -silently ignored. +silently ignored. If Python is started without output streams available, as +with :file:`pythonw.exe` on Windows (which is used by default to start IDLE), +attempted output from :mod:`sitecustomize` is ignored. Any exception other +than :exc:`ImportError` causes a silent and perhaps mysterious failure of the +process. .. index:: module: usercustomize |