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Author ncoghlan
Recipients docs@python, j13r, ncoghlan, r.david.murray
Date 2012-04-12.01:31:16
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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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