From e66ad91f68b68fc8cbdc4b6dacea80636164cdf5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Miss Islington (bot)" <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 22:40:20 +0100 Subject: [3.11] Add note to `sys.orig_argv` clarifying the difference from `sys.argv` (GH-114630) (#114822) Add note to `sys.orig_argv` clarifying the difference from `sys.argv` (GH-114630) (cherry picked from commit 1836f674c0d86ec3375189a550c8f4a52ff89ae8) Co-authored-by: Bradley Reynolds Co-authored-by: Ned Batchelder --- Doc/library/sys.rst | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst index 2a1e6fb..e402d8b 100644 --- a/Doc/library/sys.rst +++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst @@ -1240,7 +1240,10 @@ always available. The list of the original command line arguments passed to the Python executable. - See also :data:`sys.argv`. + The elements of :data:`sys.orig_argv` are the arguments to the Python interpreter, + while the elements of :data:`sys.argv` are the arguments to the user's program. + Arguments consumed by the interpreter itself will be present in :data:`sys.orig_argv` + and missing from :data:`sys.argv`. .. versionadded:: 3.10 -- cgit v0.12