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authorBrett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com>2005-04-19 20:28:09 (GMT)
committerBrett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com>2005-04-19 20:28:09 (GMT)
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Add a line explaining what env var to use to set the compiler flags and an
example of how to do it so that it is passed directly to ./configure .
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This file describes some special Python build types enabled via
compile-time preprocessor defines.
+It is best to define these options in the OPT environment variable;
+``OPT="-DPy_REF_DEBUG" ./configure``.
+
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Py_REF_DEBUG introduced in 1.4
named REF_DEBUG before 1.4