[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Doc/lib libsys.tex,1.58,1.59

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Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/lib
In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv5236

Modified Files:
	libsys.tex 
Log Message:
Clarify that the description of sys.path[0] is only valid upon program
start-up.


Index: libsys.tex
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/lib/libsys.tex,v
retrieving revision 1.58
retrieving revision 1.59
diff -C2 -d -r1.58 -r1.59
*** libsys.tex	27 Mar 2002 17:29:50 -0000	1.58
--- libsys.tex	15 Jul 2002 16:08:10 -0000	1.59
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  \indexiii{module}{search}{path}
    A list of strings that specifies the search path for modules.
!   Initialized from the environment variable \envvar{PYTHONPATH}, or an
    installation-dependent default.
  
!   The first item of this list, \code{path[0]}, is the directory
    containing the script that was used to invoke the Python
    interpreter.  If the script directory is not available (e.g.  if the
--- 283,291 ----
  \indexiii{module}{search}{path}
    A list of strings that specifies the search path for modules.
!   Initialized from the environment variable \envvar{PYTHONPATH}, plus an
    installation-dependent default.
  
!   As initialized upon program startup,
!   the first item of this list, \code{path[0]}, is the directory
    containing the script that was used to invoke the Python
    interpreter.  If the script directory is not available (e.g.  if the
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*** 294,297 ****
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    that the script directory is inserted \emph{before} the entries
    inserted as a result of \envvar{PYTHONPATH}.
+ 
+   A program is free to modify this list for its own purposes.
  \end{datadesc}