@@ -545,23 +545,18 @@ Initializing and finalizing the interpreter
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546546 If :c:member:`PyConfig.inspect` is not set (the default), the return value
547547 will be ``0`` if the interpreter exits normally (that is, without raising
548- an exception), or ``1`` if the interpreter exits due to an exception. If an
549- otherwise unhandled :exc:`SystemExit` is raised, the function will immediately
550- exit the process instead of returning ``1``.
548+ an exception), the corresponding exit status if there was an unhandled
549+ :exc:`SystemExit`, or ``1`` for any other unhandled exception.
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552551 If :c:member:`PyConfig.inspect` is set (such as when the :option: `-i ` option
553552 is used), rather than returning when the interpreter exits, execution will
554553 instead resume in an interactive Python prompt (REPL) using the ``__main__``
555554 module's global namespace. If the interpreter exited with an exception, it
556555 is immediately raised in the REPL session. The function return value is
557- then determined by the way the *REPL session* terminates: returning ``0``
558- if the session terminates without raising an unhandled exception, exiting
559- immediately for an unhandled :exc:`SystemExit`, and returning ``1`` for
560- any other unhandled exception.
561-
562- This function always finalizes the Python interpreter regardless of whether
563- it returns a value or immediately exits the process due to an unhandled
564- :exc:`SystemExit` exception.
556+ then determined by the way the *REPL session* terminates: ``0``, ``1``, or
557+ the status of a :exc:`SystemExit`, as specified above.
558+
559+ This function always finalizes the Python interpreter before it returns.
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566561 See :ref:`Python Configuration <init-python-config>` for an example of a
567562 customized Python that always runs in isolated mode using
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