From: Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org>
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 17:10:11 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Added news about os.environ['PYTHONINSPECT'] = 'yes'
X-Git-Tag: v2.3c1~241
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=883f22321a6e6ff7b265b8f90af9b8c306ca9632;p=python

Added news about os.environ['PYTHONINSPECT'] = 'yes'
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index b53d309a05..8c749bb410 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ What's New in Python 2.3 beta 2?
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
+- A program can now set the environment variable PYTHONINSPECT to some
+  string value in Python, and cause the interpreter to enter the
+  interactive prompt at program exit, as if Python had been invoked
+  with the -i option.
+
 - list.index() now accepts optional start and stop arguments.  Similar
   changes were made to UserList.index(). SF feature request 754014.