[Python-Dev] Assigning to __debug__

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Thomas Wouters wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 10:38:48AM -0500, Barry A. Warsaw wrote:
> 
> > What I think we'd prefer is a separate switch to control
> > optimization and the disabling of assert.
> 
> You mean something like
> 
> #!/usr/bin/python -fno-asserts -fno_debug_ -fdocstrings -fdeadbranch

Sounds like a good idea, but how do you tell the interpreter
which asserts to leave enabled and which to remove from the 
code ?

In general, I agree, though: a more fine grained control
over optimizations would be a Good Thing (even more since we
are talking about non-existing code analysis tools here ;-).

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Marc-Andre Lemburg
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