From 8aef5b864f22b5457c51f5d41fa4729d4940734c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Jason R. Coombs" <jaraco@jaraco.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2024 18:10:02 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Move and reword comment for brevity and clarity.

---
 distutils/spawn.py | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/distutils/spawn.py b/distutils/spawn.py
index d0c72882..e602ce6e 100644
--- a/distutils/spawn.py
+++ b/distutils/spawn.py
@@ -85,14 +85,13 @@ def _executable_candidates(executable: pathlib.Path):
 def _search_paths(path):
     if path is None:
         path = os.environ.get('PATH', None)
+        # bpo-35755: Don't fall through if PATH is the empty string
         if path is None:
             try:
                 path = os.confstr("CS_PATH")
             except (AttributeError, ValueError):
                 # os.confstr() or CS_PATH is not available
                 path = os.defpath
-        # bpo-35755: Don't use os.defpath if the PATH environment variable is
-        # set to an empty string
 
     # PATH='' doesn't match, whereas PATH=':' looks in the current directory
     if not path: