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@@ -438,22 +438,13 @@ Miscellaneous options
* Set the :attr:`~sys.flags.dev_mode` attribute of :attr:`sys.flags` to
``True``
- * ``-X utf8`` enables UTF-8 mode (:pep:`540`) for operating system interfaces, overriding
+ * ``-X utf8`` enables UTF-8 mode for operating system interfaces, overriding
the default locale-aware mode. ``-X utf8=0`` explicitly disables UTF-8
mode (even when it would otherwise activate automatically).
See :envvar:`PYTHONUTF8` for more details.
* ``-X pycache_prefix=PATH`` enables writing ``.pyc`` files to a parallel
tree rooted at the given directory instead of to the code tree. See also
:envvar:`PYTHONPYCACHEPREFIX`.
- * ``-X coerce_c_locale`` or ``-X coerce_c_locale=1`` tries to coerce the C
- locale (:pep:`538`).
- ``-X coerce_c_locale=0`` skips coercing the legacy ASCII-based C and POSIX
- locales to a more capable UTF-8 based alternative.
- ``-X coerce_c_locale=warn`` will cause Python to emit warning messages on
- ``stderr`` if either the locale coercion activates, or else if a locale
- that *would* have triggered coercion is still active when the Python
- runtime is initialized.
- See :envvar:`PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE` for more details.
It also allows passing arbitrary values and retrieving them through the
:data:`sys._xoptions` dictionary.
@@ -473,9 +464,6 @@ Miscellaneous options
.. versionadded:: 3.7
The ``-X importtime``, ``-X dev`` and ``-X utf8`` options.
- .. versionadded:: 3.7.1
- The ``-X coerce_c_locale`` option.
-
.. versionadded:: 3.8
The ``-X pycache_prefix`` option.
@@ -862,8 +850,6 @@ conflict.
order to force the interpreter to use ``ASCII`` instead of ``UTF-8`` for
system interfaces.
- Also available as the :option:`-X` ``coerce_c_locale`` option.
-
Availability: \*nix
.. versionadded:: 3.7