[issue38623] Python documentation should mention how to find site-packages

[Inada Naoki]

Inada Naoki <songofacandy at gmail.com> added the comment:

> There is a specific question this change attempts to answer: "Where is the module I imported located in the file system?"

So `print(the_module.__file__)` is better answer.  (or `pip list -v` if the module is third party package installed via pip).

`python -m site` doesn't tell you where the imported module came from.



> [3] https://docs.python.org/3/library/site.html#site.getusersitepackages

After merging PR 17858, you can use :ref:`site-commandline` for cross reference.

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