From: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2025 10:32:06 +0000 (+0200) Subject: [3.12] gh-102136: Add -m to options that work with -i (GH-119271) (GH-119286) X-Git-Tag: v3.12.10~3 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=936dc2d443606489cdb95e651b799aff8466ee3d;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git [3.12] gh-102136: Add -m to options that work with -i (GH-119271) (GH-119286) (cherry picked from commit 172690227e771c2e8ab137815073e3a172c08dec) Co-authored-by: Melanie Arbor Co-authored-by: Carol Willing --- diff --git a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst index 50f6eb8cdfb4..6c1fccb01c2e 100644 --- a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst +++ b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst @@ -289,9 +289,15 @@ Miscellaneous options .. option:: -i - When a script is passed as first argument or the :option:`-c` option is used, - enter interactive mode after executing the script or the command, even when - :data:`sys.stdin` does not appear to be a terminal. The + Enter interactive mode after execution. + + Using the :option:`-i` option will enter interactive mode in any of the following circumstances\: + + * When a script is passed as first argument + * When the :option:`-c` option is used + * When the :option:`-m` option is used + + Interactive mode will start even when :data:`sys.stdin` does not appear to be a terminal. The :envvar:`PYTHONSTARTUP` file is not read. This can be useful to inspect global variables or a stack trace when a script