From: Georg Brandl <georg@python.org>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:30:37 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: #5245: note that PyRun_SimpleString doesnt return on SystemExit.
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#5245: note that PyRun_SimpleString doesnt return on SystemExit.
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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/veryhigh.rst b/Doc/c-api/veryhigh.rst
index 6811bc876a..f868f516e9 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/veryhigh.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/veryhigh.rst
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ the same library that the Python runtime is using.
    there was an error, there is no way to get the exception information. For the
    meaning of *flags*, see below.
 
+   Note that if an otherwise unhandled :exc:`SystemError` is raised, this
+   function will not return ``-1``, but exit the process, as long as
+   ``Py_InspectFlag`` is not set.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: int PyRun_SimpleFile(FILE *fp, const char *filename)