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Author vstinner
Recipients brett.cannon, docs@python, ksato9700, vstinner, xtreak
Date 2020-02-29.22:15:28
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> 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] from sys.argv[0]. If the command line contains a script filename, this function uses realpath() on Unix and GetFullPathNameW() on Windows to get the absolute path. If -m is used, getcwd() is called.
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