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authorSteve Dower <steve.dower@microsoft.com>2016-09-09 15:09:30 -0700
committerSteve Dower <steve.dower@microsoft.com>2016-09-09 15:09:30 -0700
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Adds search path changes to whatsnew/3.6.rst
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@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@ Windows improvements:
which means that when the 260 character path limit may no longer apply.
See :ref:`removing the MAX_PATH limitation <max-path>` for details.
+* A ``sys.path`` file can be added to force isolated mode and fully specify
+ all search paths to avoid registry and environment lookup.
+
+* A ``python36.zip`` file now works as a landmark to infer :envvar:`PYTHONHOME`
+
.. PEP-sized items next.
.. _pep-4XX: