triple: module; search; path
single: path (in module sys)
- Return the default module search path; this is computed from the program name
- (set by :cfunc:`Py_SetProgramName` above) and some environment variables. The
- returned string consists of a series of directory names separated by a platform
- dependent delimiter character. The delimiter character is ``':'`` on Unix and
- Mac OS X, ``';'`` on Windows. The returned string points into static storage;
- the caller should not modify its value. The value is available to Python code
- as the list ``sys.path``, which may be modified to change the future search path
- for loaded modules.
+ Return the default module search path; this is computed from the program name
+ (set by :cfunc:`Py_SetProgramName` above) and some environment variables.
+ The returned string consists of a series of directory names separated by a
+ platform dependent delimiter character. The delimiter character is ``':'``
+ on Unix and Mac OS X, ``';'`` on Windows. The returned string points into
+ static storage; the caller should not modify its value. The list
+ :data:`sys.path` is initialized with this value on interpreter startup; it
+ can be (and usually is) modified later to change the search path for loading
+ modules.
.. XXX should give the exact rules