why we pass sys.argv to QtGui.QApplication() in main method and whats in it list?

[krystosan]

I started learning PyQt from zetcode, as far as i know sys.argv reads in the parameter from coomandline and first being the name of file itself, so if sys.argv is a list then what being passed to QtGui.QApplication() in

def main():
    app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
    ex = Example()
    sys.exit(app.exec_())

def main():
    app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
    ex = Example()
    sys.exit(app.exec_())

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and what is in the sys.argv list ?

[wysota]

It's exactly what you said -- a list of command line parameters.

[krystosan]

what is explicitly passed in those list items when we say sys.argv ?i mean what are those command line parameters

[amleto]

why don't you start your debugger and find out?

whats in the argument is list exactly the options that you pass on the command line, in addition to the full pathname of the executing binary.

[wysota]

what is explicitly passed in those list items when we say sys.argv ?i mean what are those command line parameters

Whatever you pass to the program.

[ChrisW67]

Python sys.argv is well documented.

Qt is passed the command line arguments to allow it to see, react to, and remove a few options that it can use to set the program style or renderer. The known options are documented in the QApplication constructor docs.

[krystosan]

totally understood thanks