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authorBrett Cannon <brett@python.org>2016-09-07 00:12:40 (GMT)
committerBrett Cannon <brett@python.org>2016-09-07 00:12:40 (GMT)
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Issue #26359: Add the --with-optimizations configure flag.
The flag will activate LTO and PGO build support when available. Thanks to Alecsandur Patrascu of Intel for the original patch.
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Build and C API Changes
=======================
+* The ``--with-optimizations`` configure flag has been added. Turning it on
+ will activate LTO and PGO build support (when available).
+ (Original patch by Alecsandru Patrascu of Intel in :issue:`26539`.)
+
* New :c:func:`Py_FinalizeEx` API which indicates if flushing buffered data
failed (:issue:`5319`).