Richard Oudkerk added the comment:

> One example is 'srcdir': this value is only useful in the build tree and 
> there currently is no clean way to signal that you are retrieving a 
> value that is not useful.

In the particular case of 'srcdir', sysconfig.is_python_build() tells you 
whether the value is useful.

Concerns about sysconfig often returning values which are meaningless for the 
current configuration can be discussed in another issue.

Unless there are objections I will close.

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resolution:  -> fixed
stage: commit review -> committed/rejected

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