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Fix PYTHONPATH wording. It's just PATH, not "normal posix convention".

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R David Murray 2014-02-10 19:16:40 -05:00
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Changes in 'python' command behavior Changes in 'python' command behavior
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* In a posix shell, setting an environment variable to an empty value is * In a posix shell, setting the :envvar:`PATH` environment variable to
generally equivalent to not setting it at all. In particular, this is true an empty value is equivalent to not setting it at all. However, setting
for the :envvar:`PATH` environment variable. However, setting
:envvar:`PYTHONPATH` to an empty value was *not* equivalent to not setting it :envvar:`PYTHONPATH` to an empty value was *not* equivalent to not setting it
at all: setting :envvar:`PYTHONPATH` to an empty value was equivalent to at all: setting :envvar:`PYTHONPATH` to an empty value was equivalent to
setting it to ``.``, which leads to confusion when reasoning by analogy to setting it to ``.``, which leads to confusion when reasoning by analogy to
how :envvar:`PATH` works. The behavior now conforms to the normal posix how :envvar:`PATH` works. The behavior now conforms to the posix convention
convention. for :envvar:`PATH`.
Changes in the Python API Changes in the Python API