[3.7] bpo-33185: Improve wording and markup (GH-6477) by miss-islington · Pull Request #6478 · python/cpython
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@@ -1150,11 +1150,13 @@ Changes in Python behavior
parentheses can be omitted only on calls.
(Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`32012` and :issue:`32023`.)
* When using the ``-m`` switch, the starting directory is now added to sys.path, rather than the current working directory. Any programs that are checking for the empty string in :data:`sys.path`, or otherwise relying on the previous behaviour, will need to be updated accordingly (e.g. by checking for ``os.getcwd()`` in addition to checking for the empty string). * When using the :option:`-m` switch, the initial working directory is now added to :data:`sys.path`, rather than an empty string (which dynamically denoted the current working directory at the time of each import). Any programs that are checking for the empty string, or otherwise relying on the previous behaviour, will need to be updated accordingly (e.g. by also checking for ``os.getcwd()`` or ``os.path.dirname(__main__.__file__)``, depending on why the code was checking for the empty string in the first place).
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* When using the ``-m`` switch, the starting directory is now added to sys.path, rather than the current working directory. Any programs that are checking for the empty string in :data:`sys.path`, or otherwise relying on the previous behaviour, will need to be updated accordingly (e.g. by checking for ``os.getcwd()`` in addition to checking for the empty string). * When using the :option:`-m` switch, the initial working directory is now added to :data:`sys.path`, rather than an empty string (which dynamically denoted the current working directory at the time of each import). Any programs that are checking for the empty string, or otherwise relying on the previous behaviour, will need to be updated accordingly (e.g. by also checking for ``os.getcwd()`` or ``os.path.dirname(__main__.__file__)``, depending on why the code was checking for the empty string in the first place).
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