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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsys.tex b/Doc/lib/libsys.tex index d7e8e46821..1f37bc8699 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libsys.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libsys.tex @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ \section{Built-in Module \module{sys}} -\label{module-sys} +\declaremodule{builtin}{sys} + +\modulesynopsis{Access system specific parameters and functions.} -\bimodindex{sys} This module provides access to some variables used or maintained by the interpreter and to functions that interact strongly with the interpreter. It is always available. @@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ It is always available. dependent whether this is a full pathname or not). If the command was executed using the \samp{-c} command line option to the interpreter, \code{argv[0]} is set to the string - \code{"-c"}. + \code{'-c'}. If no script name was passed to the Python interpreter, \code{argv} has zero length. \end{datadesc} @@ -81,13 +82,13 @@ the other two are undefined. \begin{datadesc}{exec_prefix} A string giving the site-specific directory prefix where the platform-dependent Python files are -installed; by default, this is also \code{"/usr/local"}. This can be +installed; by default, this is also \code{'/usr/local'}. This can be set at build time with the \code{-}\code{-exec-prefix} argument to the \program{configure} script. Specifically, all configuration files (e.g. the \file{config.h} header file) are installed in the directory -\code{exec_prefix + "/lib/python\var{version}/config"}, and shared library +\code{exec_prefix + '/lib/python\var{version}/config'}, and shared library modules are installed in -\code{exec_prefix + "/lib/python\var{version}/lib-dynload"}, +\code{exec_prefix + '/lib/python\var{version}/lib-dynload'}, where \var{version} is equal to \code{version[:3]}. \end{datadesc} @@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ interpreter, on systems where this makes sense. \begin{funcdesc}{getrefcount}{object} Return the reference count of the \var{object}. The count returned is generally one higher than you might expect, because it includes the -(temporary) reference as an argument to \code{getrefcount()}. +(temporary) reference as an argument to \function{getrefcount()}. \end{funcdesc} \begin{datadesc}{last_type} @@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ complement binary arithmetic. \begin{datadesc}{path} \indexiii{module}{search}{path} A list of strings that specifies the search path for modules. - Initialized from the environment variable \code{\$PYTHONPATH}, or an + Initialized from the environment variable \envvar{PYTHONPATH}, or an installation-dependent default. The first item of this list, \code{path[0]}, is the @@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ interpreter is invoked interactively or if the script is read from standard input), \code{path[0]} is the empty string, which directs Python to search modules in the current directory first. Notice that the script directory is inserted \emph{before} the entries inserted as -a result of \code{\$PYTHONPATH}. +a result of \envvar{PYTHONPATH}. \end{datadesc} \begin{datadesc}{platform} @@ -179,12 +180,12 @@ components to \code{path}, for instance. \begin{datadesc}{prefix} A string giving the site-specific directory prefix where the platform independent Python files are installed; by default, this is the string -\code{"/usr/local"}. This can be set at build time with the +\code{'/usr/local'}. This can be set at build time with the \code{-}\code{-prefix} argument to the \program{configure} script. The main collection of Python library modules is installed in the directory -\code{prefix + "/lib/python\var{version}"} while the platform +\code{prefix + '/lib/python\var{version}'} while the platform independent header files (all except \file{config.h}) are stored in -\code{prefix + "/include/python\var{version}"}, +\code{prefix + '/include/python\var{version}'}, where \var{version} is equal to \code{version[:3]}. \end{datadesc} |