From: Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 16:49:11 +0000 (-0600)
Subject: doucment that Py_SetPath copies its argument (closes #23110)
X-Git-Tag: v3.5.0a1~279^2
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doucment that Py_SetPath copies its argument (closes #23110)
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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/init.rst b/Doc/c-api/init.rst
index 59af41bd5a..eb542de4d8 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/init.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/init.rst
@@ -245,6 +245,9 @@ Process-wide parameters
    :data:`sys.exec_prefix` to be empty.  It is up to the caller to modify these
    if required after calling :c:func:`Py_Initialize`.
 
+   The path argument is copied internally, so the caller may free it after the
+   call completes.
+
 
 .. c:function:: const char* Py_GetVersion()