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authorEric Snow <ericsnowcurrently@gmail.com>2021-10-16 19:16:08 (GMT)
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bpo-45020: Default to using frozen modules unless running from source tree. (gh-28940)
The default was "off". Switching it to "on" means users get the benefit of frozen stdlib modules without having to do anything. There's a special-case for running-in-source-tree, so contributors don't get surprised when their stdlib changes don't get used. https://bugs.python.org/issue45020
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@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ Compiler now removes trailing unused constants from co_consts.
Add a new command line option, "-X frozen_modules=[on|off]" to opt out of
(or into) using optional frozen modules. This defaults to "on" (or "off" if
-it's a debug build).
+it's running out of the source tree).
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