Make the interpreter paths initialization more consistent

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
operating-systems

Research direction

Start by reading issue #98790 and the linked comment, then inventory the interpreter path initialization quirks and inconsistencies described across platforms. Done means the platform differences are documented clearly enough to define a consistent target for follow-up work.

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Description

interpreter-core type-feature

As Steve pointed out in https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/98790#issuecomment-1297864613, it would be really nice to make paths initialization more consistent across platforms.

I am creating this issue to start documenting all the quirks and inconsistencies.

  • #98790
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