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| author | Cheryl Sabella <cheryl.sabella@gmail.com> | 2018-02-25 03:04:40 (GMT) |
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| committer | Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> | 2018-02-25 03:04:40 (GMT) |
| commit | 186b606d8a2ea4fd51b7286813302c8e8c7006cc (patch) | |
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bpo-17232: Clarify docs for -O and -OO command line options (#5839)
The 'optimization' is for space in the executable file, not for run time.
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diff --git a/Misc/python.man b/Misc/python.man index 0f38c5b..a0084f8 100644 --- a/Misc/python.man +++ b/Misc/python.man @@ -164,10 +164,13 @@ for the named module and runs the corresponding file as a script. .TP .B \-O -Turn on basic optimizations. Given twice, causes docstrings to be discarded. +Remove assert statements and any code conditional on the value of +__debug__; augment the filename for compiled (bytecode) files by +adding .opt-1 before the .pyc extension. .TP .B \-OO -Discard docstrings in addition to the \fB-O\fP optimizations. +Do \fB-O\fP and also discard docstrings; change the filename for +compiled (bytecode) files by adding .opt-2 before the .pyc extension. .TP .B \-q Do not print the version and copyright messages. These messages are |