Docs of sys.exit() mention utf8_mode for an unclear reason

[izbyshev]

BPO	34502
Nosy	@vstinner, @benjaminp, @izbyshev, @miss-islington
PRs	bpo-34502: Remove a note about utf8_mode from sys.exit() docs #8928 [3.7] closes bpo-34502: Remove a note about utf8_mode from sys.exit() docs. (GH-8928) #8929

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title = 'Docs of sys.exit() mention utf8_mode for an unclear reason'
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[izbyshev]

Docs for sys.exit() contain the following note added in https://github.com/python/cpython/blame/1871a4a35123b278443b960255cb14314ce196f6/Doc/library/sys.rst#L336

Changed in version 3.7: Added utf8_mode attribute for the new -X utf8 flag.

Does it belong to the adjacent docs for sys.flags (though they mention utf8_mode too)?

[benjaminp]

New changeset 44838be by Benjamin Peterson (Alexey Izbyshev) in branch 'master':
closes bpo-34502: Remove a note about utf8_mode from sys.exit() docs. (GH-8928)
44838be

[miss-islington]

New changeset 42a1ca6 by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.7':
closes bpo-34502: Remove a note about utf8_mode from sys.exit() docs. (GH-8928)
42a1ca6

[vstinner]

Yes, it's a note for sys.flags. Can you please add it back to sys.flags?

Sorry, I added the note at the wrong place.

[izbyshev]

Victor, but sys.flags docs *do* contain the note[1]:

Changed in version 3.7: Added dev_mode attribute for the new -X dev flag and utf8_mode attribute for the new -X utf8 flag.

I've tried to express that in msg324086, but obviously failed.

[1] https://docs.python.org/3/library/sys.html#sys.flags

[vstinner]

Ah ok, in this case, everything is fine :-)