Issue #23746: Clarified is_python_build() documentation.

37cac761 · Vinay Sajip · 1f8cc33f · 37cac761
Commit 37cac761 authored Aug 25, 2016 by Vinay Sajip
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 .. function:: is_python_build()

-   Return ``True`` if the current Python installation was built from source.
+   Return ``True`` if the running Python interpreter was built from source and
+   is being run from its built location, and not from a location resulting from
+   e.g. running ``make install`` or installing via a binary installer.


 .. function:: parse_config_h(fp[, vars])