From c8e4c32105aff5c762ee3602426603212dcbcd40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Miss Islington (bot)" <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 22:40:11 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] [3.12] Add note to `sys.orig_argv` clarifying the difference from `sys.argv` (GH-114630) (#114821) 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 62783a417e75..4bd769ea9ae5 100644 --- a/Doc/library/sys.rst +++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst @@ -1279,7 +1279,10 @@ 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 -- 2.47.3