From abfc7df14982617f35a245247a935543639746dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Svetlov Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:15:43 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Issue #9583: Document startup option/environment interaction. Patch by Todd Rovito. --- Doc/using/cmdline.rst | 6 ++++-- Misc/ACKS | 1 + 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst index 0d12126a4de..cd4d02f9b09 100644 --- a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst +++ b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst @@ -379,7 +379,10 @@ Options you shouldn't use Environment variables --------------------- -These environment variables influence Python's behavior. +These environment variables influence Python's behavior, they are processed +before the command-line switches other than -E. It is customary that +command-line switches override environmental variables where there is a +conflict. .. envvar:: PYTHONHOME @@ -570,4 +573,3 @@ if Python was configured with the ``--with-pydebug`` build option. If set, Python will print memory allocation statistics every time a new object arena is created, and on shutdown. - diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS index 7429f77beb3..ba87ecbb79b 100644 --- a/Misc/ACKS +++ b/Misc/ACKS @@ -901,6 +901,7 @@ Hugo van Rossum Saskia van Rossum Donald Wallace Rouse II Liam Routt +Todd Rovito Craig Rowland Clinton Roy Paul Rubin