Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> added the comment:

Specifically, we end up calling os.realpath() (or the C level equivalent) when 
initialising __main__.__file__ and sys.path[0].

Agreed this behaviour should be documented (and tested!) explicitly.

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assignee:  -> docs@python
components: +Documentation, Tests
nosy: +docs@python
stage:  -> needs patch
type:  -> enhancement
versions: +Python 2.7, Python 3.2, Python 3.3

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