sysconfig variables introduced by PEP-3149 are currently undocumented

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#63,716 opened on Nov 7, 2013 1 comment 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Difficulty: 2/5
Estimated time: 1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness: 30/100

Issue type: Documentation
Clarity: Needs clarification
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: python
Domain: documentation

Research direction

Start by reading PEP-3149 and the Python sysconfig documentation to identify the variables introduced there. Locate the relevant sysconfig documentation section, document the missing variables and their purpose, and verify that the documentation describes all PEP-3149 additions accurately.

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docs topic-sysconfig type-feature

BPO	19517
Nosy	@warsaw, @doko42

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title = 'sysconfig variables introduced by PEP-3149 are currently undocumented'
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