STINNER Victor <vstinner@python.org> added the comment: Many names have been proposed: * sys.__argv__: https://bugs.python.org/issue14208#msg155002 * sys.argv_original: https://bugs.python.org/issue14208#msg155053 * sys.full_argv or sys.executable_argv: https://bugs.python.org/issue14208#msg155102 * sys.executable_argv: https://bugs.python.org/issue29857 (issue title) * sys._executable_argv: https://bugs.python.org/issue29857#msg289938 * sys._configuration.raw_argv: https://bugs.python.org/issue14208#msg179845 * sys.raw_argv: https://bugs.python.org/issue14208#msg179852 * sys.raw_args: https://bugs.python.org/issue29857#msg289933 * sys._raw_argv: https://bugs.python.org/issue29857#msg289873 * sys.orig_arv: https://bugs.python.org/issue29857#msg289936 I chose "sys.orig_argv" attribute name with the documentation: The list of the original command line arguments passed to the Python executable. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue23427> _______________________________________