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authorBrett Cannon <brett@python.org>2015-04-13 18:21:02 (GMT)
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Issue #23731: Implement PEP 488.
The concept of .pyo files no longer exists. Now .pyc files have an optional `opt-` tag which specifies if any extra optimizations beyond the peepholer were applied.
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@@ -104,10 +104,10 @@ Python is also adaptable as an extension language for existing
applications.
See the internal documentation for hints.
.PP
-Documentation for installed Python modules and packages can be
-viewed by running the
+Documentation for installed Python modules and packages can be
+viewed by running the
.B pydoc
-program.
+program.
.SH COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-B
@@ -150,23 +150,20 @@ Further restrictions may be imposed to prevent the user from injecting
malicious code.
.TP
.BI "\-m " module-name
-Searches
-.I sys.path
-for the named module and runs the corresponding
-.I .py
+Searches
+.I sys.path
+for the named module and runs the corresponding
+.I .py
file as a script.
.TP
.B \-O
-Turn on basic optimizations. This changes the filename extension for
-compiled (bytecode) files from
-.I .pyc
-to \fI.pyo\fP. Given twice, causes docstrings to be discarded.
+Turn on basic optimizations. Given twice, causes docstrings to be discarded.
.TP
.B \-OO
Discard docstrings in addition to the \fB-O\fP optimizations.
.TP
.B \-q
-Do not print the version and copyright messages. These messages are
+Do not print the version and copyright messages. These messages are
also suppressed in non-interactive mode.
.TP
.B \-s
@@ -193,7 +190,7 @@ The text I/O layer will still be line-buffered.
.B \-v
Print a message each time a module is initialized, showing the place
(filename or built-in module) from which it is loaded. When given
-twice, print a message for each file that is checked for when
+twice, print a message for each file that is checked for when
searching for a module. Also provides information on module cleanup
at exit.
.TP
@@ -418,7 +415,7 @@ the \fB\-u\fP option.
.IP PYTHONVERBOSE
If this is set to a non-empty string it is equivalent to specifying
the \fB\-v\fP option. If set to an integer, it is equivalent to
-specifying \fB\-v\fP multiple times.
+specifying \fB\-v\fP multiple times.
.IP PYTHONWARNINGS
If this is set to a comma-separated string it is equivalent to
specifying the \fB\-W\fP option for each separate value.