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authorT. Wouters <thomas@python.org>2017-05-22 23:30:49 (GMT)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2017-05-22 23:30:49 (GMT)
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Add --with-assertions configure flag to enable C assertions(#1731)
Defaults to 'no', but as before assertions are implied by --with-pydebug.
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Build
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+- bpo-29941: Add ``--with-assertions`` configure flag to explicitly enable
+ C ``assert()`` checks. Defaults to off. ``--with-pydebug`` implies
+ ``--with-assertions``.
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- bpo-28787: Fix out-of-tree builds of Python when configured with
``--with--dtrace``.