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diff --git a/doc/source/index.rst b/doc/source/index.rst index c70a620..8aa592b 100644 --- a/doc/source/index.rst +++ b/doc/source/index.rst @@ -380,7 +380,10 @@ your test suite, a call to ``cffi.verifier.cleanup_tmpdir()``. Alternatively, you can just completely remove the ``__pycache__`` directory. - +An alternative cache directory can be given as the ``tmpdir`` argument +to ``verify()``, via the environment variable ``CFFI_TMPDIR``, or by +calling ``cffi.verifier.set_tmpdir(path)`` prior to calling +``verify``. ======================================================= @@ -636,8 +639,9 @@ not recommended. .. versionadded:: 0.4 The ``tmpdir`` argument to ``verify()`` controls where the C - files are created and compiled. By default it is - ``directory_containing_the_py_file/__pycache__``, using the + files are created and compiled. Unless the ``CFFI_TMPDIR`` environment + variable is set, the default is + ``directory_containing_the_py_file/__pycache__`` using the directory name of the .py file that contains the actual call to ``ffi.verify()``. (This is a bit of a hack but is generally consistent with the location of the .pyc files for your library. |