[issue39379] sys.path[0] is already absolute path

STINNER Victor added the comment: > Is sys.path[0] always absolute, or is it just a side-effect of the site > module (i.e. is it absolute even with -S)? The absolute path is computed way before the site module is imported. In Python 3.8, _PyPathConfig_ComputeSysPath0() computes sys.path[0]

[issue39379] sys.path[0] is already absolute path

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[issue39379] sys.path[0] is already absolute path

Karthikeyan Singaravelan added the comment: I have merged the doc change since it's minor. I will leave this open for clarification regarding Brett's question. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue39379] sys.path[0] is already absolute path

Karthikeyan Singaravelan added the comment: New changeset 1f0cd3c61a5ae3aac5ebaccc75ae9828ca4f96c4 by Ananthakrishnan in branch 'master': bpo-39379: Remove reference to sys.path[0] being absolute path in whatsnew (GH-18561)

[issue39379] sys.path[0] is already absolute path

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[issue39379] sys.path[0] is already absolute path

Brett Cannon added the comment: Is sys.path[0] always absolute, or is it just a side-effect of the site module (i.e. is it absolute even with -S)? -- nosy: +brett.cannon ___ Python tracker

[issue39379] sys.path[0] is already absolute path

STINNER Victor added the comment: Correct, it seems like sys.path[0] was already absolute and so it can be removed from What's New in Python 3.9. -- ___ Python tracker ___

[issue39379] sys.path[0] is already absolute path

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[issue39379] sys.path[0] is already absolute path

New submission from Ken Sato : In the "What’s New In Python 3.9" (Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst), it says > Python now gets the absolute path of the script filename specified on the > command line (ex: python3 script.py): the __file__ attribute of the __main__ > module and sys.path[0] become an